Typically, only one generation is produced each year in Wisconsin, so numbers tend to decline in August. To keep them out of the house look for openings in the shell of your home that allow earwigs in and caulk them. He does not recommend inside treatment. If they are a real pest, spray your flower beds with a garden spray or set out a can with a small amount of beer buried to ground level. The bugs will be drawn to the beer, then drown in the fluid.
Earwigs are beneficial to gardeners because they prey on aphids.
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