I absolutely HATE earwigs!! Strangely, the first time I ever saw one was in the garden ( can remember the name/location but won't say it publicly) where I was taking my first garden judges course, taught by then AHS President, Kay Day, and Region 3 instructor par excellence, Pat Bennett. This was so long ago, 2000, that only one class was needed to become a garden judge. I remember watching this insect in horrified fascination as it chewed an old bloom while we were supposed to be listening to the instructions about what to look for in a good garden plant. This monster had jaws!! So ugly, and this garden had a lot of them. I have since found out that you can almost completely eliminate earwigs by taking old blooms off each evening instead of waiting until morning. I've live headed here ever since and haven't seen an earwig here in years.
