• Get a container of some kind, like a tin can, tuna can, margarine tub, etc. Make sure it has tall, steep sides.
• Pour in each can & mix thoroughly the following ingredients:
  1 TBSP of vegetable oil
  1 TBSP of soy sauce
  1 TBSP of molasses
• Place each can by the plants being targeted. Drape a few leaves across the top of the can so that the dastardly insects will be lured inside. Or, place the can so the rim is touching the stem of the target plant. Just make sure that you don't provide a way for the creatures to crawl back out of the can once they fall inside.
• Each day, go out and inspect the contents of the can, if you dare!
• You may want to go out at night and watch the action. If you've been experiencing some major plant damage, this will be a very gratifying experience for you, and you may discover some dark areas of your soul you didn't know existed as you smile broadly while your enemy is lured to its death... heh heh heh
• There's no need to bring the cans in during the day. Once they get full enough, toss them in the trash and make up new ones.
• I'm not sure if pets are attracted to this mixture. If you have pets that might be able to get into the cans, watch them. There's no way this mixture will harm your pet, but knocked over cans aren't going to be trapping earwigs.

Two other things to do that will discourage earwigs are: 1) use soapy water (2 or 3 TBSP per gallon) to spray or drench your plants; 2) dust the area with diatomaceous earth (don't breathe the dust!). (Click here to see a picture of something that happened to me decades ago when I was an innocent young girl living on the farm, trying to enjoy a warm summer day. No this picture isn't by me, but the experience of *this* event causes me to this day to get that creepy feeling every time I see an apricot. I know, I'm a wimp!)

Here are some earwig jokes, believe it or not! Check out this picture of a white earwig, I think it might be a "queen".