Earwig, pincher bug Wars in the Garden

Here's the result of using just some dollar store oil and a couple splashes of soy sauce.. that's it!

[@starrysky4289]

I'm in the UK and earwigs have destroyed my vegetable patch, I've put down traps and caught hundreds of them! Never had an issue before but overrun with them this year

[@sashamurray6294]

Why put it through the strainer instead of putting the plastic containers in a bag and setting it on fire?

[@billyandrew]

To reuse the containers. Burning plastic bags releases harmful particulates.

[@fizzyhmm5885]

@@billyandrew i think youre joking but just in case youre not, the original comment was a joke

[@growingpeppermint]

She's going to reuse the strained oil for cooking 😅

[@moutrap]

It's hilarious you have the same reactions I did when they started invading 3 weeks ago. I've never seen so many, this year is crazy earwig town. You can also go out at night and spray the flowers in diatomaceous earth. I could find 3-4 chilling in each flower.

[@lisawintler-cox1641]

Clove oil also works, I had an organic spray with clove oil and it seemed to affect them immediately.

[@MikkiandAngel]

I used the shot glass small cups fro the dollar store for my green bean bushes. So we shall see how the little cups vs the big bowls. Thanks for the share. These dang bugs are such a pain in the behind. Beautiful roses 🌹

[@BostonBorn]

Yeah, they’ve completely decimated my petunias and now they’re on everything..even in the house! I’m doing this tonight! I’ve been having my daughter save the plastic containers the Kraft macaroni and cheese comes in (the microwave ones), I just peel off the foam label and wash them. I was originally going to use them for paint but, they’re going outside tonight! This is war! Lol

[@GladysJeannette]

Yes they work. Put them out as early as possible. Save old cooking oil.

[@billyandrew]

I add lemon or bacon, as they seem to love pungent aromas, but I'm not plague by them, here in Glasgow, Scotland, to this frightening extent. In fact, I only trap them for a few weeks, a kind of population control, as they are part of my assault team on aphids and other soft bodied insects, along with ladybugs, lacewings, hoverflies and parasitic wasps. Most I'll get is maybe twenty a night. What you guys have is invasions, by the looks of it. 😂😂😂

[@justpassingthrough9887]

Thanks for the tip and proof of your results. It's been so long since I've had a problem with them that I've forgotten what I did before. Now that my memory has been jogged.... I used Off spray with DEET.

[@solonepeon5805]

thanks I'll try this 2marr. my neighbor has a farm in his yard so I see why we have a lot of them around. Also we just started a garden so my yard is big. So I will have to buy a lot of the containers & oil to try & see. Again thanks for the tips.

[@c.r.k.7162]

Also, I love your rose bush!

[@janeachavez9651]

This is so gross but a huge help! My petunias need help from these disgusting bugs!! 😩

[@GladysJeannette]

We've gotten better and better at dealing with them. The sooner you put these out the better. Good luck this year

[@billyandrew]

They eat a lot of other insects in the garden, but in these numbers are utterly destructive. Obviously they prey on other insects later in the year, which begs the question of what would happen, if they weren't around? I'm guessing it would be one problem exchanged for another and I don't envy you one little bit.

[@DeanSchumacher]

THTS crazy how you had so many great job thanks

[@soupspoon9554]

Awesome video. So many thank yous

[@SashasGarden38]

Yes I'm in RI and I just made a video on this and they took over my lettuce and spinach. I was in tears. Thanks for this

[@dromero9651]

Wow, just oil and a little bit of soy sauce. Gotta try this. Thank you

[@GladysJeannette]

I got the oil at the dollar store and used some old soy sauce packs

[@billyandrew]

Lemon juice or bacon pieces work, too. They seem to be attracted by pungent odours.

[@16hrDaze]

Bacon is too precious to waste this way 😂 jk

[@noahriding5780]

Do you have to have bacon juice or soy sauce in it? Without those will you still get a result?

[@connie7345]

Chipmunks take them away

[@harvest_dragon6115]

OMG... I am doing this tomorrow! I am in Vermont and have an infestation this year, no doubt since we've been in an unusual rainy period since middle of June and its been very humid, yuck. Not to mention we got 2 months of rain in 2 days the day before yesterday. They are in my flower garden, flower planters, in my raised vegetable garden and in and under everything!!! And yes, I am even finding them in my house, so gross! I am seeing more ants than usual too... ugh. 2 times a day morning & evening I am battleing snails in the garden, lawn, you name it, been filling 2 empty water bottles a day, they sound like dimes dropping in a piggy bank lol. Then I toss them so satisfying... in the beginning a few weeks ago probably got 300+ a day the first week, now 25 to 50 so they are diminished, but we are on a 100 acre farm so staying pro active. Ear wigs your next, that was realy really disgusting by the way, but so worth it! I am on a mission... thank you!

[@PeaceVibe2024]

insects have feelings too

[@caleb7799]

not the dead ones 😂😂😂

[@billyandrew]

Insects have feelers, too.

[@waterlover]

It seems we have a contest on who catches the most earwigs. I been having this problem for 4 years every single day I catch them like you. It’s insane on how many earwigs I trap on a daily basis

[@GladysJeannette]

Set the traps as early as possible.

[@Cld136]

Just placed 2 traps. Will find out tomorrow if this works. Thanks for the video btw :)

[@AndrewIsAwesome882]

Awesome Job!

[@VampireCatLegacy]

They got into my sunflowers too, my daughter was pissed

[@trick-o-treat414]

Thanks for sharing 👍 We have ALOT here and is overpopulated

[@manueleudave8290]

Ok I’m trying this right now!. My wife thinks she’s going to get eaten at night!. Thanks for sharing this video!.

[@ktm640lc4BGD]

Is sunflower cooking oil good for the trap? Should i add something else or the oil is going to work it self?

[@GladysJeannette]

Any oil works.. its the slippery part that traps them. They can't get out

[@darrylcook8793]

I will definitely be using this idea.hope to catch slugs&snails this way.Thanx

[@GladysJeannette]

I saw one snail this year. I'm now keeping an eye out for them lol

[@billyandrew]

Slugs and snails prefer yeast, which is why beer traps are successful with them.

[@buddymmx3936]

Why was i recommended this and why am i very interested

[@carolinemiddleton5066]

Did you try feeding them to your chickens..

[@billyandrew]

Kentucky Fried Chicken & Earwigs.

[@brendabortels155]

I was wondering that too I've got a mega infestation this year

[@snoopylyn9065]

Wow you are successful with that ! I failed many many times! The oil spilled inside my compost bin and that really bad for the compost also cat from neighbors spilled the one in the ground 😖

[@anishinaabae]

oil is fine to put in your compost. the reason why it’s not recommended is because it’ll cause problems with animals at night who wanna root through your compost.

[@noahriding5780]

How far will the earwigs travel to go to the nearest trap? Any idea on this? And this is important to figure out how much spacing you need to put down the next trap and so on.

[@anishinaabae]

it’s hard to tell because if they’ve found a spot to nest near a plant they really enjoy munching on, then there’s not much that’ll pull them away from such a prime location! your best bet is to go outside at night when they’ve crawled outta wherever they’re coming from, and see where they like to congregate. set your traps up in those areas and the earwigs will flock to the oil rather than the plants.

[@Minding1111]

I love the roses... I had earwigs on them also so annoying

[@billyandrew]

Earwigs are on roses to eat aphids and other soft bodied insects that attack roses. Ants, more often than not, transport aphids onto roses. It's a reward system. The aphids eat the plant, then excrete what is called honeydew, which the ants love to eat. The ants are aphid shepherds Earwigs will eat about one hundred aphids a day, if the ants don't manage to kill them.

[@emmasheridan9306]

This is such a good idea and i want to try it but do you think this is just attracting them too much and making the problem 10 times worse? Thats what im worried about?

[@GladysJeannette]

It's just gets what's around. The smell isn't strong enough for it to attract anymore from everywhere else

[@lindamastropietro4429]

Are they in the garden soil? I see a couple now and then.

[@AndrewIsAwesome882]

I found an earwig on my door a few months ago, but then one of my dogs started eating it.

[@MoreliaAustralia]

Did you ever find out if chickens eat them coated in oil?

[@noahriding5780]

These things can really destroy a lot of plants. Its scary. I've come out in the morning and had them have gobbled up a whole plant overnight (small size) before.

[@Fearless13468]

That is terrifying

[@billyandrew]

We don't get them in anything like this amount in the UK. Are these US earwigs or European earwigs, as I know the European ones are on the rise, Stateside?

[@c.r.k.7162]

I believe they are European

[@emmasheridan9306]

Speak for yourself I'm in London and infested with them and now entering my house!

[@lisawintler-cox1641]

I've heard there are German Earwigs that are more likely to eat live plants.

[@secredeath]

Can a red ear silder turtle eat them with the oil I feed these to my turtle alive but not with oil. Am also infested

[@tanana2070]

We used to have a turtle and I collected earwigs over the summer by knocking them off the outdoor furniture on our deck into a container of very hot water. They died instantly. I would keep them in a jar in my freezer so he had fresh meat all winter. It was great. So, I would think if you caught them in oil, if you rinsed them well with hot water to get all the oil off, they would be good then for your turtle. Rinse very well.

[@diegom6085]

I feel your pain

[@karenb1483]

I accidentally bought worcestershire sauce, will that still work?

[@GladysJeannette]

I'm it smells I think it would

[@adambomb9452]

Ready for the deep frier.

[@Frostyrice]

Now fry the seasoned and oiled critters.

[@lisawintler-cox1641]

🤢🤧

[@badgalkia10]

Definitely give them to the chickens! Maybe soak them in water first to clean them & yes repurpose them & make them a food supply!

[@5minutewasted]

They are invading my basement, my student see them scrolling during the night.

[@GladysJeannette]

Windex kills them on contact.. yes! The glass cleaner

[@billyandrew]

Take the devices off them, which will stop them scrolling, then teach them to enter computer code instead, which will make you famous. Alternatively, dry out the student accommodation, which will lessen the likelihood of the student dying of a lung disease and will make it less appealing to the earwigs, who love dampness. 😂😂😂

[@lisawintler-cox1641]

@@GladysJeannette 😲

[@cusimilooking4965]

Now let's fry them, cover them in chocolate and we have snacks.

[@richardw3470]

I tied up garden debris (dead weeds, twigs, etc) a few days ago to put out with the trash today. Sure enuf, today I picked it up to carry to curb and watched them scatter. Yuck.

[@GladysJeannette]

They can take over pretty quick

[@happybirthday05]

That's wild

[@billyandrew]

Insects are, naturally, although I suspect these ones were furious, when they realised they'd walked into a trap. 😂😂😂

[@seanrea8281]

20yrs from now we're going to be frying those bad boys in that oil and eating them!

[@billyandrew]

Not vegans or some vegetarians, I'd say. Fried, roasted or bugburgers for everyone else.

[@c.r.k.7162]

Dang, Girl 😮!!!

[@Camporito25]

It's hilarious! A pound of bugs? Gross!

[@lindamastropietro4429]

I’m at war with the chipmunks eating all my pachysandra

[@soupspoon9554]

I've had way more this year.

[@nicolenewsome4863]

I have found 3 earwigs in my house over the past 3 weeks and I have a little baby so this is infuriating.

[@DelfinoGarza77]

Lowes spreads pincher bugs.

[@shameimaru_aya]

Where's the flamethrower when you need it💀 but in all seriousness, those things dwell under rocks and rotting woods so there might be very high chances there's dozens of them in your orchard.

[@Kimkreative]

its so disgusting they covered my pets food bowls right after feeding my animals. thank you for this!

[@LL-ue3ek]

Amazing

[@GrapeApe66]

Sluggo plus is the bomb but it has to be Sluggo Plus not regular one. 👍

[@meceu2]

I tried that but some critter ate it

[@Minding1111]

You planted your roses on planters

[@billyandrew]

That's what you're supposed to do with planters...plant plants in planters. 😂😂😂

[@yishaqdavid2029]

Where the fuck do you live where there are that many earwigs? it must be damp and moist af to have so many. North West coast I'm picturing?

[@GladysJeannette]

🤣🤣 believe it or not Southern California.. but we live next to some fields . And we get frost here too. This wasn't even 1 10th of the amount we got that year. It's so frustrating 😫

[@yishaqdavid2029]

@@GladysJeannette NOt frost. God, Im Canadian we get 10 feet of snow lol. JUst being playful I get what you mean.

[@deanm375]

WHAT KIND OF OIL?

[@GladysJeannette]

Any old dirty oil that you've already cooked in or any bottle from the dollar store and put the soy sauce. It just needs smell a bit to attract them

[@deanm375]

@@GladysJeannette thank you!

[@travissaldana8647]

Daaang that gross stupid bugs that’s a lot of them

[@MikkiandAngel]

Bad infestation ya got. So cooking oil and soy sauce?

[@omarsanchez9709]

Murdererer! Ohh the humanity!

[@crzrck]

rinse them off in water and the chickens can eat them

[@cusimilooking4965]

Rinse the oils off and feed the chickens

[@brenden965]

I found one in my amazon box

[@billyandrew]

Where it was just waiting to be discovered. Did you befriend it?

[@lisawintler-cox1641]

Usually they love cardboard, but right now (I'm cleaning off our carport) I think they have better things to eat.

[@mariclee5134]

Is it just an oil?

[@tetekofa]

vegetable oil with a splash of soy sauce.

[@jess6972]

I use Worcester sauce has fish oil in it works better

[@billyandrew]

Any oil, as long as it contains something with a strong smell, as was used in this vid, soy sauce, but I've had success with lemon or small pieces of bacon.

[@GrantMarshall47]

Can we eat these. Seems a waste to chuck.

[@ericsaur9791]

Yes. You certainly can. Go ahead. Eat em up. Lol

[@billyandrew]

All insects have a high protein content and are, in fact, eaten in some countries, locusts being a prime example. Given a choice between scoffing insects and starvation, the gene pool would undergo a well overdue cleansing, as a great many fools would choose to die, rather than eat bugs and live. 😂😂😂

[@rwp-artartinthedark3538]

Those poor pincher bugs cruelty to animals

[@scottsyoutubeworld1824]

Hate to say this, but let's keep it real: during our caveman/cavewoman days, we actually ate bugs for the most part. Lots of termites. So if things ever get REALLY bad, your awesome traps could save humanity!

[@GladysJeannette]

Correct.. there's countries NOW that eat bugs for protein.

[@thejonathan130]

Revisionist bullshit. Stop spreading lies Scott.

[@davidlee50]

You know I could see this taking off and going mainstream when you flash fry them on a street corner for the homeless...yum yum. Or just teach folks to catch bugs and teach them how to cook bugs for like $49.99.

[@GladysJeannette]

Lol. That sounds disgusting.... but I know it can be normal in other countries. Like crickets in Mexico