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Do earwigs eat pillbugs?

Google has no result on this, and I just want to check this to be safe. I have to gather up pillbugs for a bio lab, and the dirt I got had an earwig in it, so yeah....

March 14, 2011

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darksuitguy

[quote=LlamaxMan]Earwigs scare the living crap out of me. Kill it.[/quote]

Dumped out my container, and killed it. Yay for spending 5 minutes in the rain just to recollect my pillbugs.

Reply March 14, 2011
Sjoooberg

[b]What does earwigs eat?[/b]
Plants they feed on typically include clover, dahlias, zinnias, butterfly bush, hollyhock, lettuce, strawberry, sunflowers, celery, peaches, plums, grapes, potatoes, roses, seedling beans and beets, and tender grass shoots and roots; they have also been known to eat corn silk, damaging the corn.

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_do_earwigs_eat#ixzz1GcF1DbhS

Reply March 14, 2011 - edited
Deciduous

just kill the earwig

Reply March 14, 2011 - edited