Thursday, August 21, 2008

Earwig damage to corn



Very icky. In the top one you can see that the anthers have been completely chewed off the top (no pollen no corn!). The other photo shows how the leaves get chewed at one end and sort of wrap into a cocoon that is full of squirming earwigs.

I never really loathed them before, seeing them as harmless detritivores.

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