I have loads of earwigs in my garden shed, is there anything i can buy to get rid of them ?

Question

I have loads of earwigs in my garden shed, is there anything i can buy to get rid of them ?

Answer 1

Try pouring hot water on them from the kettle.

Answer 2

Earwigs love to live in small dark spaces. Place several pieces of cardboard down on the ground. The earwigs will crawl into the small triangular crevices inside the cardboard. Take those pieces and place them in a bucket so they cant get out or burn them. They are very difficult to kill as well. Chemical sprays are expensive and you need to spray alot on them. Get a kettle of boiling water and pour it over them. I have done this many times and it works. To keep them out of the shed is really difficult unless you can eliminate all gaps where they can get inside.

Answer 3

Vacuum cleaner, or the resident spider.  You'd need a lot of chemicals to kill them, they're virtually bullet-proof.

Answer 4

burn them or get a big spider to eat them up

Answer 5

An upside down pot filled with straw will attract them so you can catch and dispose of lots at a time. Only do so if you really have to, though - they're pretty harmless in a shed.

Answer 6

a new shed