CHEESE2009
06-23-2012, 08:32 PM
So I've got an earwig problem, they are inside the house.
2 years ago it was ants, last year it was spiders, now these bastards.
I managed to trap an earwig alive, and now my scientist side is in full bloom.
Test 1
I had tried to capture the earwig into a jar, so that I wouldn't have to pick it up and kill it by accident.
It seems as though the creature has poor eyesight, and would only flee in the opposite direction if my hand was an inch in front of it. I could not trick it into running into my jar of doom, it wanted to stay on the floor.
I understand that these creatures are amazing climbers, unfortunately, I had tilted the jar over the earwig, yet he refused to climb the walls of it after a long period of time. Doing so meant that I could flip the jar and put the lid on.
Anyway, my patience grew thin, so I had to pick the bug up with my hand and drop it into the jar. Once the lid was on, he only then decided to climb the jar walls.
I am now thinking of some fun experiments to run.
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Any suggestions?
I could catch another bug and watch them fight to the death... There's a nearby mosquito I could lure into the jar of doom.
UPDATE:
He is 1.5cm in length.
2 years ago it was ants, last year it was spiders, now these bastards.
I managed to trap an earwig alive, and now my scientist side is in full bloom.
Test 1
I had tried to capture the earwig into a jar, so that I wouldn't have to pick it up and kill it by accident.
It seems as though the creature has poor eyesight, and would only flee in the opposite direction if my hand was an inch in front of it. I could not trick it into running into my jar of doom, it wanted to stay on the floor.
I understand that these creatures are amazing climbers, unfortunately, I had tilted the jar over the earwig, yet he refused to climb the walls of it after a long period of time. Doing so meant that I could flip the jar and put the lid on.
Anyway, my patience grew thin, so I had to pick the bug up with my hand and drop it into the jar. Once the lid was on, he only then decided to climb the jar walls.
I am now thinking of some fun experiments to run.
-
Any suggestions?
I could catch another bug and watch them fight to the death... There's a nearby mosquito I could lure into the jar of doom.
UPDATE:
He is 1.5cm in length.