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Maisie13 | 08:50 Mon 23rd Aug 2010 | Animals & Nature
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Why am I finding lots of earwigs in the lid of my bird feeder when I open it and also in the bird house?
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Earwigs are nocturnal, and will seek out a place to hide in during the day, preferably dark and slightly moist. They've found your bird feeder lid and birdhouse to be suitable. A gardener's ploy for getting rid of them is to fill a flowerpot with straw and place it upside down on top of a cane in the vegetable plot. Earwigs find this is an ideal place to rest up. After a day or two the gardener will set fire to the straw, and then repeat the process.
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A very interesting answer, thank you

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