BlueStringPudding Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 If spiders weren't bad enough, and daddylonglegs season is well under way, I'm currently being traumatised by earwigs on the boat. We've had none at all in the last year (despite Kev warning me that you get earwigs on boats) but in the last couple of weeks I've seen five or six. Mostly in the galley. I'm not overly enamoured with the blighters to undertstate the obvious - how can I disuade them from being alive (preferably without spraying poison all over our home) and then how can I prevent future earwig immigrants from coming in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Seal your boat in an air-tight container then suck all the air out using a big vacuum pump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahoom Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 I'd like to know, as I've noticed them on my boat also. - the spiders I can deal with (although my girlfriend at first really hated them, now she has sort of resigned to the fact that spiders will be there). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStringPudding Posted September 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Seal your boat in an air-tight container then suck all the air out using a big vacuum pump. Excellent plan! Should I warn Kev before I do this or wait for his eyeballs to be sucked out while he's snoozing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Excellent plan! Should I warn Kev before I do this or wait for his eyeballs to be sucked out while he's snoozing? Nah, best not disturb him: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStringPudding Posted September 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 (edited) Nah, best not disturb him: That picture has actually made my eyes hurt. And made me revisit my lunch. Anyway... back to the earwigs... Edited September 16, 2008 by BlueStringPudding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine of Hearts Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Contrary to popular belief, you don't actually "pop" when placed in a vacuum. You just suffocate. Unless, of course, you meant that his eyeballs would be sucked out by some other agency? Eeeeuuuwwww. (they abandonned this conceit in "Sunshine", but they did have people freezing to death in space, which wouldn't happen either. At least, not that quickly) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahoom Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Nah, best not disturb him: Total Recall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine of Hearts Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Total Recall? No. Just last orders being called at carlt's local... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Strads Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 We have lots of the spiders which I can cope with. The daddy long legs don't seem to have worked out how to get through the port holes yet so not had any of them. again we do not seem to ahve had any earwigs yet! Perhaps they have also not worked out how to get in through the port holes! I found this one on google http://www.pesthelp.co.uk/weshop/Woodlice_...igs_Beetles.asp which is supposed to be organic and natural! Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duztee Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 can you teach your spiders that earwigs are really yummy to eat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andywatson Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 If spiders weren't bad enough, and daddylonglegs season is well under way, I'm currently being traumatised by earwigs on the boat. We've had none at all in the last year (despite Kev warning me that you get earwigs on boats) but in the last couple of weeks I've seen five or six. Mostly in the galley. I'm not overly enamoured with the blighters to undertstate the obvious - how can I disuade them from being alive (preferably without spraying poison all over our home) and then how can I prevent future earwig immigrants from coming in? Get a gekko. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 It won't be long until you find them in your bed or in the clothes you put on 1st thing out of your wardrobe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 If spiders weren't bad enough, and daddylonglegs season is well under way, I'm currently being traumatised by earwigs on the boat. I have seen notices on boats saying that spiders are not allowed on the boat. You could try one of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tillergirl Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 You need my daughters cat Leo - hes a dab hand - or is that paw - at catching flies, spiders, daddy long legs, pigs (woodlice), any sort of insect in fact and eating them - must lack some protein in his diet. Though he likes to bring worms in and leave them on the carpet. Ugh !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc1864 Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 I don't like them they bite ouch stew & Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBMike Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 It won't be long until you find them in your bed or in the clothes you put on 1st thing out of your wardrobe... What - Gekkos? Yeah look what happened in Australia with those cane toads!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Fairie Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 We've got a Leopard Gekko on the Fairy.... doesn't work, he just sleeps! Maybe if we starved him.....? BTW His names Eddie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackelle123 Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 We have had some massive spiders on the the boat - didn't like them at first and now I do tolerate them (but not in the bedroom). There are quite territorial and we've watched some great spider scraps. Earwigs are another story, I get completely freaked and can't settle if I have seen one on the boat. 'They get in your ears while your sleeping and eat your brains you know'!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 'They get in your ears while your sleeping and eat your brains you know'!!!!! This is a myth. They only go into your ears to eat the wax. They occasionally cause irreparable damage to the ear drum, leading to permanent deafness but they do not eat your brains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amduck Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Would you all stop this, please. I'm having a hard enough time learning to womanfully ignore the spiders. I JUST DO NOT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT EARWIGS ON BOATS. (exit Amduck, fingers in ears, humming loudly....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSer Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 This is a myth. They only go into your ears to eat the wax. They occasionally cause irreparable damage to the ear drum, leading to permanent deafness but they do not eat your brains. They only eat enough wax to make a hole so they can bury their eggs. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 They only eat enough wax to make a hole so they can bury their eggs. Paul Correct! It's the larvae that eat your brains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidal Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 HAH! Be grateful it's only earwigs Here I have to upend my shoes/slippers before putting them on in case the local scorpions/poisonous centipedes/etc have taken up residence Still this was a nice visitor Mind you the big spiders here tend to scare off the earwigs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tillergirl Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 (edited) Bloody hell where you live !!!?? And from wikipedia: The name earwig is derived from the old English 'earwicga' which means 'ear beetle'. It was once commonly believed that earwigs would burrow into people's ears at night and lay eggs in their brains. In fact the story still circulates as an urban myth. Earwigs are not parasitic and would rather lay their eggs under a stone. The human ear, though about the right size for an earwig, is not an ideal resting place. So if one were to crawl into someone's ear it would not be typical behaviour but the actions of one very confused and lost earwig. Edited September 17, 2008 by tillergirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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