{"id":10321,"date":"2020-12-10T14:06:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T19:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardender.com\/?p=10321"},"modified":"2021-05-13T02:29:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T06:29:50","slug":"earwigs-useful-or-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardender.com\/earwigs-useful-or-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"Earwigs: Useful Or Dangerous?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earwigs, of course, do not belong in the apartment. But are they dangerous and do they really crawl into the ear at night? Here are the facts. Man has not really warmed to the earwig – or earwigs in general – since the Middle Ages. Yet new findings have completely changed the light on him: Now it is said to be not a malicious parasite of our ears, but a useful garden helper. We enlighten you about whether the earwig is now useful, harmful, or dangerous.<\/p>\n

First, we will describe the earwig in a sober way, then we will clarify whether earwigs actually do anything to our ears. And after we have summarized whether it is a beneficial insect or a pest, we will explain how an earwig hotel in the garden can promote small animals.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Earwig: description and way of life<\/span><\/h2>
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