Show kill earwigs with 10 DDT solution earwigs may not get in either your ears or your wigs this summer but there is a good chance they will get all over your yard and even into your house to control this obnoxious pest the european earwig dust with DDT around the edges of your lawns the base of trees foundations of buildings and piles of rubbish or building materials the advice of dr G F knowlton utah state agricultural college extension entomologist A 10 per cent DDT dust applied in the evenings when the lawn has pot not been watered since early morning will give best results in destroying ying the miserable little foreigners which do most of their traveling about at night DDT water sprays applied to the foundation of houses and elsewhere are also effective in killing off the earwig these sprays will also reduce fly and ant annoyance around the home and yard according to dr knowlton |