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Yes, in theory earwigs are useful. However, when you nuke everything except them, woodlice and slugs they can run rampant and do real damage. It's like the slugs: when you kill all their predators they'll shred you. Just have to give the garden a chance to regain balance.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Aug 29th, 2007 at 05:55:27 PM EST
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Excellent book on those issues (species imbalance and land stewardship):  Noah's Garden...  delightfully written and good food (or compost) for thought...

The difference between theory and practise in practise ...
by DeAnander (de_at_daclarke_dot_org) on Thu Aug 30th, 2007 at 05:42:51 PM EST
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