Earwigs will chew on newly sprouted leaves and they eat aphids. So you have to take the good with the bad. When they become a problem for the plants, I place used cooking oil traps to catch them. (It also catches some slugs..) I have wood chips around my iris beds and the earwigs can become a problem at times. Regrettably, the wild turkey's will soon be back and rid the garden of anything and everything they think is eatable.
