"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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p.mc sigadd1to wrote:


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.

At this time of year, after the weather we have had, no.

They really have very soft mouthparts, and can't eat anything except
very delicate items, which is why they are found in places where
other animals have made an entry. Woodlice are even more extreme
in this respect.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Earwigs are a major pest of flower growers, it is normally the petals they
eat but they are quite capable of boring into a bud to eat the contents in
private. I think like wasps they eat different things at different times of
the year and it is late summer that they become a pest, ask any Dahlia or
clematis grower!
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)