I have had SUCH a problem with these little demons. Last year was awful, and they are starting to get bad again. Hopefully I can get a handle on them, because they are so disgusting to find in my bedroom and around my windows.
Chris, NIBAN sprinkled on the mulched bed next to my front door has done the trick. Earwigs aren't crawling under,over and thru my front storm and inner doors. Totally grossed me out. THANK YOU.
I literally just had one crawl in my ear 3hrs into my sleep last night. I’ve just got off a ear infection and thought the puss was building back up but as soon as I was feeling sharp pain, I knew something was in there. I took my finger to wiggle out my ear like was was stuck in there then next thing you know a big ass earwig fell out on to my arm. I immediately knew what it was. Being disgusted is and understatement. I sat up for the rest of the night. I also have pest control come spray the house every 3 months and there haven’t been any changes to the problem. Officially ready to take matters to my own hands.
Fook that....I'd just torch the house and start over!! Lord have mercy I'd have burned it ALL to the ground right then and there! You got nightmare earwigs my friend!!😮
Ick~! My my! I'd totally freak out! I just had one crawl out of my hair, down my face onto my pillow! Grabbed an empty med bottle and now it's sitting on the kitchen counter for my husband to see it. I've had several invade my personal space...why? Brown reclus spiders are our biggest problem...it's a southern thing.
Hey man this is a great and informative video. There’s surprisingly not a ton of information on this out there on the internet, so this is very much appreciated.
I have a bad earwig infestation last year summer till January this year and now back again. Every night up late killing at least 10 a night everywhere 😢😢
One did crawl into my ear one night. I woke up to rustling in my ear. I sprayed peroxide it my ear. I felt it swimming around. I tipped my head down and felt it crawl out my ear. I saw its head come out the bottom of my ear opening.
They are nocturnal and they’re drawn to light at night time for the heat source. Which is also why you might find them in your bed they go towards heat sources. if you have a lit up front porch at night time it will draw them in
Midwest has some insane earwigs, i took a nap for maybe 3 or 4 hours and live in a room in a garage, they come in through the garage door area and in through the door to the room. I killed maybe 50 hanging out in an hour on my carpet. Sprayed some basil and lemongrass oil near the doors and windows, but damn they are thick in northern IL, essential oils are unfortunately expensive too. The garage isn't dirty or gross either... they just want out of the heat and into the cool room :( I have never dealt with this many before. I have a cat so I need to make sure nothing that will get her sick is an option.
They are not random around old corn farmland. We spray, they put out granules. I'm in the process of removing all the grass from around my home. 2 years now - and they still show up everywhere. HELP!
They got worse after mulch was applied against the house. Chris showed NIBAN in another video. I spooned it all around the outside walks of the house. I put down diatomaceous earth,as well, esp where the rain doesn't usually get close. This morning ing, I saw a baby earwig climbing up the curtain next to my front door. The carpet smells like mint from another product I used for ants. I might have to just burn the place down and start over.
Hopefully this helps I’m tired of seeing them everywhere in my house and it’s super clean like spotless never understood why I see them as much as I do
Ok,now i feel sick. I get them inside my storm door,the type with a screen/ window inside. Worse when it gets warmer and humid. Maybe the mulch near the door attracts. They have crawled out of books. They hang out with slugs. Niban here I come. Update: NIBAN WORKED! I sprinkled it LIBERALLY on the mulched bed nearest the front door and,despite humidity and rain,no more earwigs. The area around my door, inside and out, does still smell minty from the mint scented pest control stuff I got from Amazon. I could do without that,especially since I am unsure it treated earwigs. It did eradicate tiny ants inside.
They are eating my garden then they get in the house I hate them ! They get underneath my potted plants on my porch and deck they ruin the flowers eat the petals I’ve had them for years and I’ve had it I’m about ready to call exterminator
I'm moving all my potted plants OFF my deck tomorrow. I know they love wet soil. It's been raining and suddenly they are in the frame of. my sliding doors. When I sit on my deck at night ,I see them on everything. LOOK IN YOUR COFFEE CUP BEFORE PUTTING COFFEE IN YOUR CUP! My daughter's friend took a glass out if the cupboard and poured in milk. Next thing you know she was spitting one out of her mouth!🤮 I HATE THOSE DAMN THINGS!!
any ideas the perimeter of my house is just dirt dry cracked soil kinda dirt no mulch no shrubs and i see them coming out of the dirt i thighs they liked humidity?
They made themselves at home and have 0 respect for you! Time to get your John Wayne on and kick open the door to Walmart, get some spectracide and go home (don't kick them doors cuz YOU gotta fix em) but open it like ya mean business and yell out real loud "parties over partners" and just lay some genocide down!! Take back your home!! 😂
I just moved into a New Home in Canyon Lake, Ca. & its a Manufactured Home & My Place, been here for 5 months & Im in Hell they are in Our Beds as well this is not Fun!! I have been using ( Soy Sauce & Cooking Oil Traps outside My Front & Back dmDoors the last week & Im caatching Hundreds of them in each Door-way, But They are Still outside & In, Changing White Lights Outside To Yellow Bug Lights This weekend Pray that that will Help Deture Them .. I have indoor & Outdoor Cats & Animals So Plus I have Asthma & am A Senior Citizen ( Alone), So I need All the Help I can Get I Hope since I just Found You & this Is Over 2 Years Old that YOU READ THIS!!PLEASE!! HELLLL !!!🤨🥵🤯🫤🥺😱😤😫🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🙅🏻♀️🙆🏻♀️😢
One just crawled our of my hair and down my face falling onto my pillow!!! Ick! I have had several that got on me! Or came out of my desk drawer that I put my pillow on and even sleep here on it a lot. Why do they like me? Make the nightmare stop!!!
We have them bad this year. On any given day I'll see 5 our 6 in the house. Maybe the dog is eating some? I was sitting there watching tv, not doing anything at all and one of them got on my leg and started biting or pinching me. It was a pretty good pinch
I also have them bad this year. I’ve never experienced this many earwigs in my home but they always come out at night and around my door ways and eventually I will find some around my house.
What’s the name of that book you always have in front of you. Can you give a link where to buy it. i’ve been in the past control industry for six months and I’m always researching ways to reduce my customers pest. Thanks in advance
The big book in front of me is the "Mallis Handbook of Pest Control, 10th Edition": amzn.to/3iPiT83 It goes really deep into the bugs we encounter on the job. I also like to use the "PCT Technicians Handbook": amzn.to/3Fv147X for a more brief overview.
@@chrisvan1 thanks man I really appreciate the information and keep up the good work on your channel it’s very helpful and informative to new pest control technician as myself.
so i live in a 4th floor and i have a balcany in my room and some and in i keep seing them in periods of like 2 to 3 days 1 or 2. should i be consern about this? is this some kind of infestation? my room is not moist nor do i have food there don't understand. i have a double windows for the balcany and there isn't anything in the balcany just empty.
I live in a house that was made by a relative. we moved in here last summer right after their last year earwig issue. it gets very humid here and my bedroom is in the basement, has carpet, and a cracked window. on top of that I'm maximalist and cosplay so they got into EVERYTHING. currently in bed after killing at least 30 of them. our entire house has been struggling with them for weeks and im starting to feel like im going insane.
@silvermoth6330 I Understand your frustration. I also feel as if insane? I'm a pretty happy person that loves to joke around, but, I'm ready to move, cuz they've made me feel insane. I live in an apartment n the landlord doesn't believe I've an issue? I've found inside and out. I need weather stripping cuz I watched them come thru my front door a cpl of nights. It's crazy they're all over? Good luck. You're not crazy. Zevo spray kills on contact. I spray around vents. Going to be hot again. I'm going to go n buy another bottle today. It's the only thing that kills on contact. I've been thru many bug sprays.
@@SANDY-zs1oy yes. I understand they're harmless, however, like you Sandy, I also give them a big YUCK! And a Huge CREEPY CRAWLERS. Lol. Have a Great Day!
I tried Ortho Home Defense and it didn’t work. The earwigs walked right over it and didn’t die later. I read online that they don’t groom themselves like other insects, which is why it doesn’t work. The only method I’ve found so far is diatomaceous earth. It’s killing them for sure but I’ve got thousands outside. Nothing seems to be enough. I put out Terro gel baits for the ants and I saw an earwig go for it. I’m going to try the Terro Ant Bait granules. It says it works for earwigs but I don’t know if they’ll go for it. I think I need something that will attract them to knock out the population instead of killing a few at a time. The soy sauce/vegetable oil traps work too.
Yes they are getting in our beds and kitchen cabinets, I even found one in the fridge
They're so disrespectful!
In the fridge,time to move to a high rise. They don't drop from the sky. Yet.
I have had SUCH a problem with these little demons. Last year was awful, and they are starting to get bad again. Hopefully I can get a handle on them, because they are so disgusting to find in my bedroom and around my windows.
Today one got into my hairdryer and it blew out and hit me in the forehead, alive. I also got one under my toilet seat one day.
@@stumpylogs yuck🤮
Did you find a way to prevent them?
@@rum4906 Diatomaceous Earth and oil traps worked well for me.
see my comment
I think you have the best channel on pest control. Please post more!
Chris, NIBAN sprinkled on the mulched bed next to my front door has done the trick. Earwigs aren't crawling under,over and thru my front storm and inner doors. Totally grossed me out.
THANK YOU.
I literally just had one crawl in my ear 3hrs into my sleep last night. I’ve just got off a ear infection and thought the puss was building back up but as soon as I was feeling sharp pain, I knew something was in there. I took my finger to wiggle out my ear like was was stuck in there then next thing you know a big ass earwig fell out on to my arm. I immediately knew what it was. Being disgusted is and understatement. I sat up for the rest of the night. I also have pest control come spray the house every 3 months and there haven’t been any changes to the problem. Officially ready to take matters to my own hands.
Fook that....I'd just torch the house and start over!! Lord have mercy I'd have burned it ALL to the ground right then and there! You got nightmare earwigs my friend!!😮
Ick~! My my! I'd totally freak out! I just had one crawl out of my hair, down my face onto my pillow! Grabbed an empty med bottle and now it's sitting on the kitchen counter for my husband to see it. I've had several invade my personal space...why? Brown reclus spiders are our biggest problem...it's a southern thing.
Hey man this is a great and informative video. There’s surprisingly not a ton of information on this out there on the internet, so this is very much appreciated.
I have a bad earwig infestation last year summer till January this year and now back again. Every night up late killing at least 10 a night everywhere 😢😢
Literally killing no less than 10 a day it is driving me CRAZY!!! They always come out right as I’m trying to wind down for bed 😭
One did crawl into my ear one night. I woke up to rustling in my ear. I sprayed peroxide it my ear. I felt it swimming around. I tipped my head down and felt it crawl out my ear. I saw its head come out the bottom of my ear opening.
They are nocturnal and they’re drawn to light at night time for the heat source. Which is also why you might find them in your bed they go towards heat sources. if you have a lit up front porch at night time it will draw them in
They do bite or sting. They are a relative of the spider.
They have bit my dog , and my moms dog. Left a good size lump , and they have scratched the hair off!
Midwest has some insane earwigs, i took a nap for maybe 3 or 4 hours and live in a room in a garage, they come in through the garage door area and in through the door to the room. I killed maybe 50 hanging out in an hour on my carpet. Sprayed some basil and lemongrass oil near the doors and windows, but damn they are thick in northern IL, essential oils are unfortunately expensive too. The garage isn't dirty or gross either... they just want out of the heat and into the cool room :( I have never dealt with this many before. I have a cat so I need to make sure nothing that will get her sick is an option.
Its really bad for me in Ohio too. Sometimes i think the bugs go in cycles - this year earwigs, next year stink bugs, next year ants.
Ohio here too....I agree 100% . They are AWLFUL in Southwestern Ohio.
I’m located in the pnw and this year they are really bad they all come around my door ways at night have never experienced them before
They are not random around old corn farmland. We spray, they put out granules. I'm in the process of removing all the grass from around my home. 2 years now - and they still show up everywhere. HELP!
We are burden every year with them!😔🤯
Get praying mantises
They got worse after mulch was applied against the house. Chris showed NIBAN in another video. I spooned it all around the outside walks of the house. I put down diatomaceous earth,as well, esp where the rain doesn't usually get close.
This morning ing, I saw a baby earwig climbing up the curtain next to my front door. The carpet smells like mint from another product I used for ants.
I might have to just burn the place down and start over.
They inside my bbq cover 😢
I had to google these cause I’ve seen 5 or 6 but didn’t know what they were 🤦🏾♂️
Another great video?Any other books you recommend?
Good advice, thanks.
Hopefully this helps I’m tired of seeing them everywhere in my house and it’s super clean like spotless never understood why I see them as much as I do
Me too 😢😢
Ok,now i feel sick. I get them inside my storm door,the type with a screen/ window inside. Worse when it gets warmer and humid. Maybe the mulch near the door attracts. They have crawled out of books.
They hang out with slugs. Niban here I come.
Update:
NIBAN WORKED! I sprinkled it LIBERALLY on the mulched bed nearest the front door and,despite humidity and rain,no more earwigs.
The area around my door, inside and out, does still smell minty from the mint scented pest control stuff I got from Amazon. I could do without that,especially since I am unsure it treated earwigs. It did eradicate tiny ants inside.
They are eating my garden then they get in the house I hate them ! They get underneath my potted plants on my porch and deck they ruin the flowers eat the petals I’ve had them for years and I’ve had it I’m about ready to call exterminator
I'm moving all my potted plants OFF my deck tomorrow. I know they love wet soil. It's been raining and suddenly they are in the frame of. my sliding doors. When I sit on my deck at night ,I see them on everything. LOOK IN YOUR COFFEE CUP BEFORE PUTTING COFFEE IN YOUR CUP! My daughter's friend took a glass out if the cupboard and poured in milk. Next thing you know she was spitting one out of her mouth!🤮 I HATE THOSE DAMN THINGS!!
any ideas the perimeter of my house is just dirt dry cracked soil kinda dirt no mulch no shrubs and i see them coming out of the dirt i thighs they liked humidity?
see my comment
What if I see them crawling around my house and not in tight spaces?
They made themselves at home and have 0 respect for you! Time to get your John Wayne on and kick open the door to Walmart, get some spectracide and go home (don't kick them doors cuz YOU gotta fix em) but open it like ya mean business and yell out real loud "parties over partners" and just lay some genocide down!! Take back your home!! 😂
Slab shower tubs .
I just moved into a New Home in Canyon Lake, Ca. & its a Manufactured Home & My Place, been here for 5 months & Im in Hell they are in Our Beds as well this is not Fun!! I have been using ( Soy Sauce & Cooking Oil Traps outside My Front & Back dmDoors the last week & Im caatching Hundreds of them in each Door-way, But They are Still outside & In, Changing White Lights Outside To Yellow Bug Lights This weekend Pray that that will Help Deture Them .. I have indoor & Outdoor Cats & Animals So Plus I have Asthma & am A Senior Citizen ( Alone), So I need All the Help I can Get I Hope since I just Found You & this Is Over 2 Years Old that YOU READ THIS!!PLEASE!! HELLLL !!!🤨🥵🤯🫤🥺😱😤😫🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🙅🏻♀️🙆🏻♀️😢
One just crawled our of my hair and down my face falling onto my pillow!!! Ick! I have had several that got on me! Or came out of my desk drawer that I put my pillow on and even sleep here on it a lot. Why do they like me? Make the nightmare stop!!!
Thank you
We have them bad this year. On any given day I'll see 5 our 6 in the house. Maybe the dog is eating some? I was sitting there watching tv, not doing anything at all and one of them got on my leg and started biting or pinching me. It was a pretty good pinch
I also have them bad this year. I’ve never experienced this many earwigs in my home but they always come out at night and around my door ways and eventually I will find some around my house.
nice video
What’s the name of that book you always have in front of you. Can you give a link where to buy it. i’ve been in the past control industry for six months and I’m always researching ways to reduce my customers pest. Thanks in advance
The big book in front of me is the "Mallis Handbook of Pest Control, 10th Edition": amzn.to/3iPiT83 It goes really deep into the bugs we encounter on the job. I also like to use the "PCT Technicians Handbook": amzn.to/3Fv147X for a more brief overview.
@@chrisvan1 thanks man I really appreciate the information and keep up the good work on your channel it’s very helpful and informative to new pest control technician as myself.
I live on top floor. They were in my living room during broad daylight. I killed 8 today,
so i live in a 4th floor and i have a balcany in my room and some and in i keep seing them in periods of like 2 to 3 days 1 or 2. should i be consern about this? is this some kind of infestation? my room is not moist nor do i have food there don't understand. i have a double windows for the balcany and there isn't anything in the balcany just empty.
Is it possible you bought some potted plants and they hitched a ride?
I live in a house that was made by a relative. we moved in here last summer right after their last year earwig issue. it gets very humid here and my bedroom is in the basement, has carpet, and a cracked window. on top of that I'm maximalist and cosplay so they got into EVERYTHING. currently in bed after killing at least 30 of them. our entire house has been struggling with them for weeks and im starting to feel like im going insane.
@silvermoth6330 I Understand your frustration. I also feel as if insane? I'm a pretty happy person that loves to joke around, but, I'm ready to move, cuz they've made me feel insane. I live in an apartment n the landlord doesn't believe I've an issue? I've found inside and out. I need weather stripping cuz I watched them come thru my front door a cpl of nights. It's crazy they're all over? Good luck. You're not crazy. Zevo spray kills on contact. I spray around vents. Going to be hot again. I'm going to go n buy another bottle today. It's the only thing that kills on contact. I've been thru many bug sprays.
I had big man come and found under my sink last night yuck
@@SANDY-zs1oy yes. I understand they're harmless, however, like you Sandy, I also give them a big YUCK! And a Huge CREEPY CRAWLERS. Lol. Have a Great Day!
Boric acid
Won't hurt humans. Just put undersink
Is orkin home defense brand from Home Depot great for earwigs?
I tried Ortho Home Defense and it didn’t work. The earwigs walked right over it and didn’t die later. I read online that they don’t groom themselves like other insects, which is why it doesn’t work. The only method I’ve found so far is diatomaceous earth. It’s killing them for sure but I’ve got thousands outside. Nothing seems to be enough. I put out Terro gel baits for the ants and I saw an earwig go for it. I’m going to try the Terro Ant Bait granules. It says it works for earwigs but I don’t know if they’ll go for it. I think I need something that will attract them to knock out the population instead of killing a few at a time. The soy sauce/vegetable oil traps work too.
Is there anything i can use that is pet friendly?
11 months later still no answer 😕
Oil and soy sauce in a dish
@@juanitaaguilera6152 Thank you for your reply 😊
Soapy water in a spray bottle kills them in seconds
Nice
Utah they swarm at night
Has anyone ever seen older ones that look prehistoric, and HUGE? Freaky.
I found one on me!!!! Couple times , 😮😢🤢😵💫😳🥺
😂😂😂
Why he kinda 😗😙
Yuck
Thank you