tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107036791281472710.post8003613471845153120..comments2024-01-16T01:20:25.361-08:00Comments on The Family Garden: Earwigs: The Banished. A Trick I Use!Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919573533399552193noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107036791281472710.post-41744642546953754672015-10-17T17:19:22.979-07:002015-10-17T17:19:22.979-07:00you just admitted they aren't to blame yet you...you just admitted they aren't to blame yet you're still interested in burning them at the stake. *tsk* what did they ever do to you?<br /><br />as for slugs, look up the invasive leopard slug. I have seen two this season. They come in a number of colors but are usually brown, are 6 to 8 inches if they're a one, have a small "keel shaped" shell on their upper body, and are well known for eating native slug species as well as garden plants. They're from the UK, and although their natural habitat are forests, in the USA they spend their time destroying crops, noming and guming up compost, cleaning off garbage cans or things covered in dirt and decaying matter in sheds. <br /><br />Then theres their mating ritual. They attach to each other and dangle from the eves of a house or a tree branch and spin around in the air while they copulate. Yes, they screw dangling in the air. The mucus line they hang from is the most disgusting part about it. My neighbor poured diatomaceous earth on one, all it did was shrink. <br /><br />don't blame the earwigs, put them in your compost pile. If anything should burn its the leopard slugs and the stupid little green cabbage worms. Anime Yarnquesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362763269642573957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107036791281472710.post-9368275155549879842014-06-11T17:34:40.329-07:002014-06-11T17:34:40.329-07:00It's sure worth a try! thank you.It's sure worth a try! thank you.cynthiasreyes.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846821787712764551noreply@blogger.com