DESTRUCTIVE EARWIGS
HOW TO TRAP THEM. During summer and autumn earwigs do considerable damage to plants by nibbling aw&y at the soft parts, often ruining them. Many devices are used for trapping, such as inverted flower pots, and semi-open match boxes, but few gardeners employ the excellent paper tube trap. This consists of a rolled up sheet of paper having an internal diameter of about one-third inch. The tube is kept together with rubber bands slipped over it. or with paste. The tubes can be a foot or more in length. They are cheap and easily made. If placed vertically or horizontally in earwig infested areas, they will be found on examination to contain a number of the destructive pests.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 December 1938, Page 3
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120DESTRUCTIVE EARWIGS Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 December 1938, Page 3
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