Change the environment of your garden to one less suitable for an earwig explosion. This usually means the removal of mulch, which provides the cool, moist, organic environment in which earwigs thrive.

Once you remove the protective mulch, add a couple of earwig stations, made with layers of wet newspaper. They will take cover (and feed upon) the paper, and you've be able to zap hundreds of them all at once.

In some locations, earwigs cause serious problems with our veggie and ornamental gardens. That's usually when the population is very high. Otherwise, they feed on organic matter and organic debris. Are your earwigs feeding on foliage and veggies?

They are feeding on foliage on flowers, mostly my dahlias. The problem with removing the mulch is that we live next to a huge field. If I remove the mulch my garden will be invaded with weeds in just days. What else can I do?

I have used a section of newspaper, wet it, then rolled it up loosely. Place them near your dahlias and the next morning you may find them inside the paper hiding. I shake the paper on the driveway and step on the earwigs. Then set the wet trap again.

Garlic sprays work quite well in getting earwigs out of the garden as long as you don't mind the garden smelling like a pizza parlor for a few days.

I have the same problem! Mine are in a little kitchen garden by a small pond near the kitchen door. I guess they like the moisture from the pond. But they are cutting up the leaves of my plants badly! I read online (haven't had time to try it yet) that diatomaceous earth, which is natural, works. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomaceous_earth

I have had a bad earwig problem for years. I can take just about anything in the garden, but these things freak me out. Last year the number was nice & low, and I knew that wouldn't last, LOL. Plus, we've had loads of rain in June, which I'm sure didn't help the situation. Removing the mulch is a great trick, but believe me, it doesn't last. I have lots of planters that line the railing of my large deck. Just simply sliding the planter over reveals over a dozen. Blech! Although I haven't tried it, Gardens Alive has something called Escar-Go Supreme, which supposedly "kills slugs, snails, earwigs, cutworms, sowbugs, pill bugs, crickets and ants". I've been a fan of the regular Escar-Go for years now and my slug population has been minimal. While I have nothing against pill bugs, I have a huge problem with earwigs & crickets, so I'm going to give this stuff a try.

I've resorted to keeping a small bucket filled with soapy water, and I'll take my tall plants and shake the tops into the bucket. I've been catching alot of earwigs in my oenothera biennis & asclepias syriaca tops this past week; ugh...

I found an earwig recipe on gardeners web that I am trying if my earwigs get out of control.
1 tablespoon each of molasses, oil and soy sauce, mix well so it is all combined--it will take some mixing to get the soy sauce and oil combined. Put it in a small container like a yogurt container and bury it up to the lip in the soil. Prop the lid so rain won't dilute it and wait a few days for it to ripen.

The writer said she came out on the third day to find the container full to the top with earwigs.

I can see how it would work. They would be drawn by the sweet smell of molasses. The oil would prevent them crawling out and the salt in the soy sauce would kill them.

It's worth a try anyway