I know this sounds crazy, but after reading an article written by a world famous scientific about the predacious habits of earwigs, I've stopped killing them. Early one morning, turning on the bathroom light I discovered an earwig chowing down on a silverfish. We've had a heavy infestation of huge carpenter ants. We could even hear them chewing on our deck. I managed to capture an earwig and released it at the entrance to the ant's nest. Into the nest it went and out came a river of ants. We haven't had an ant problem since. No pesticides required.
I know this sounds crazy, but after reading an article written by a world famous scientific about the predacious habits of earwigs, I've stopped killing them. Early one morning, turning on the bathroom light I discovered an earwig chowing down on a silverfish. We've had a heavy infestation of huge carpenter ants. We could even hear them chewing on our deck. I managed to capture an earwig and released it at the entrance to the ant's nest. Into the nest it went and out came a river of ants. We haven't had an ant problem since. No pesticides required.