On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:26:48 +0000 (UTC), "p.mc" sigadd1to
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"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
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I don't think the earwigs will damage your honeysuckle at all, apart
from leaving - er - messages. I certainly have no trouble with them on
my honeysuckle - they're there, but they do no harm.

But is your plant young and tender? Which is one of the factors of
earwigs
tastes.

Some of it is - at the front end.

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Hi all

I'm absolutley convinced it's earwigs. The plant is situated against a
wooden fence, planted in a fairly new bed I dug. I have 2 nest boxes on 2 of
the support posts, and after inspection last night I found around 20 earwigs
behind each box. Some where actually in the hanging feeders, and the rest
had colonised the plant. So once again I killed as many as possible.
I did find 2 slugs that night at ground level, just above a couple of hosta
(bulbs?) "I know they love them" ...And that is a rare find. Not a
catapillar in sight and the leaves are quite tattered, not like a catapillar
feeds.

The plants main stems are supported and tied against canes shaped like a
fan, and oddly enough the leaves at the top of the plant are affected the
most, weras the bottom ones are mint.
I've still to find a slug or snail on the plant yet, no doubt when it
matures an bushes out, I'll be more worried about the snails :-)

Have you tried making an earwig trap?
Look at...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/nature/...lys_tips.shtml
Look at item 4 about dahlias.

Pam in Bristol