LP>  Earwigs have been around longer than that, between 75 and 150 years. 
ame
  >from Europe in a load of lumber. Nasty little critters, get into 
everything,
  >can eat a row of seedlings to the ground overnight and can give you a good
  >pinch if you pick them up or they fall on you or (trust me) you sit on one 
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  >the grass. Fortunately, Diazanon will kill them. I usually like to use 
ore
  >natural methods but I can't stand them! And my cat won't eat them either,
  >that's got to say something about how nasty a bug they are!  :)
That long, eh?  We have only had them around our place for the last 20 
years or so.  I don't recall ever seeing them before that.  Our friend, 
who lives about 60 miles north of Toronto, has just begun to see them 
in the last 5 years.
                           Doris Dignard
                      dorisdignard@better.net
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