JFEDFORD 5IATL' TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, CREGOX. FRIDAY, JTTSE 29, 1934.
PXGE SEVEN
( ! Y
f DRIVE ON EARWIGS
ADVOCATED BEFORE
PESTS TAKE TOWN
Situation Growing Worse As
Unorganized Battle Fails
to Check Increase
Parasite Fly Best Foe
(By Bill Cummtngs)
How serious la the earwig situa
tion in Med ford and vicinity? Thla
Is the question the average citizen
asks himself when confronted with
the pleadings of those who are In
fested by the troublesome creatures,
or the suggestions of neighbors that
a campaign be put on to rid the
community of the pest that Is evi
dently returning throughout all
southern Oregon after a long period
of recurrent activity.
For the past five years this Insect
has been making Itself an undesir
able guest In the homes and yards
of local citizens, Increasing in num
ber, and coming to the front In peri
odical plagues that rouse the deter
mination of the unlucky residents
whose homes are Infested to drive
the earwig out of the city before it
drives them out. So far, however,
only a few have taken it upon them
selves to do battle In any concen
trated form on the pesky intruder.
They Have Wings
The earwigs form a distinct order
of Insects under the name "Dermap
tera." They range from five-eighths
of an Inch to considerably longer, are
dark-reddish brown in color, with
antennae and callper-llke forceps.
Their wings are a striking feature
which Is seldom noticed, as they are
usually folded tightly under a pro
tective shell, and used lor flight only
on rare occasions.
The name Is descended from the
Anglo-Saxon word "earwicga," which
means "ear creature" literally. In
nearly all European languages the
name has the same significance,
which suggests an old superstition
that the earwig crawls Into the cars
of sleeping person, but fact la not
known to substantiate this Idea.
Some four hundred species of the
Insect have been described, but most
of them Inhabit warm or tropical
countries. Fifteen species are known
to inhabit the United States, only
two of which are found In Oregon.
These are the European earwig and
the little earwig (Labia minor, or
lilnne), which varieties can be read
ily distinguished from each other by
the difference In size.
Came In 1009
Records show that the earwig has
been found In Oregon as early as
1909. It has since spread throughout
most of the state, and In the city
of Portland has caused much con
sternation. Earwigs are carried from
place to place In any article that
offers a dark, narrow hideout, and
are easily spread by those who travel
into unaffected regions from Infested
areas.
The earwig la In no way harmful
or poisonous to humans, but ia de
structive to any material which may
be termed edible, and la chiefly in
jurious to foliage of common plants,
Among those subject to the severest
Injury are bean, potato, beet, cab
bage, cauliflower, pea, dahlia, zinnia,
sweet William and fig. The Injury
generally consists of small, Irregular
holes in the leaves, and oftentimes
a tender leaf or stalk will be entirely
destroyed. Earwigs will usually be
found hiding In the ground about
the plant upon which they have fed.
Swarm at Night
They conceal themselves In or
about houses, under boards and rub
blah plies, under the bark of trees
and In crevices during the day, but
at night they swarm over porches
and make their way Indoors to de
posit themselves sometimes by the
handful under rugs, in laundry and
kitchen cupboards. On their nightly
naraudlngs they have a tendency to
limb on buildings, stones, tree
trunks and fences.
In Med ford and vicinity the Infes
tations of a general nature, but is
snore pronounced In certain neigh
borhoods than in others. One local
resident reports that a host of ear
wigs was found Inside a window
sash, ad It has been said that the
bugs eat their way Into wood. On
Almond atreet the destruction of a
cherry tree la attributed to earwigs,
which swarmed into cracks In the j
trunk and burrowed their way un
derneath the bark. "I
Live without Food j
Another local citizen has been trou
bled with the bugs to such an ex
tent that he used a blow torch to
burn them out of hiding places. A
resident states that he observed four
earwigs tightly corked in a glass bot
tle and allowed no food. Their re
markable stamina Is illustrated by
the fact that after the bugs had
commenced to devour each other in
the third week, and two were In this
way killed, the remaining two lived
for a month.
Methods for the control of the ear
wig Include traps of various kinds.
In Medford many residents have cut
down the number of pests by placing
crumpled newspapers in the yard at
night and burning them with the
collected earwigs In the morning. A
flower pot half full of excelsior In
verted over a stake in the ground
has also been found a good collector
and the bugs can be Bhaken out in
the morning Into a bucket of water
or oil. Several local citizens have
lound that pieces of garden hose two
or three feet In length scattered
about the yard are good traps. Piles
of rubbish which are burned usually
send a swarm of earwigs scampering
for better shelter, and In this way
they may be killed In great numbers
with scalding water.
Poison Poor Plan
Poison baits are also used, and de
stroy numbers of the bugs when scat
tered about the outside of buildings
and around trees and shrubs, com
merclal baits may be purchased, but
are not generally considered a worth
while means of control. Poison bran
was used In Portland's extensive 1933
earwig campaign and figures show
that the cost per block averaged
$16.35 for one application.
Birds as a rule are of little value
In the control of eawlgs, although
several local people report that Ban
tam hens If allowed to roam about
the yard will destroy the bugs, but
the nocturnal habits of the earwigs
make this means of combat unprofit
able. Toads have been said to devour
the Insects in great quantities, but
they are almost unknown in nearly
all earwig Infested areas.
The newest, and so far the most
Batlsfactory agent to be Introduced
In earwig control Is the parasitic fly.
Thla parasite Is liberated In an af
fected area In the form of paracltlzed
earwigs, which have been Imported
Into southern Oregon from the Port
land entomologist and released in
colonies. The parasite develops within
the earwig as & maggot, eventually
kills It and then hatches Into a fly,
The process Is repeated and devel
oped as the files lay eggs which
hatch Into more parasite larvae.
Need United Effort
This method of control, according
to County Horticulturist L, P. Wilcox,
la the most logical way to combat
the local Infestation, but he states
that success will only be obtained
through a united community drive.
The effect of the treatment Is not
evident for two to four years after
the fly has been Introduced, Wilcox
states, as the number of parasites
must exceed that of the host before
any relief can be expected.
Six colonies of the parasitized ear
wig were liberated in Ashland a year
ago, and four or five colonies have
been introduced In Medford, through
the co-operation of certain residents
who determined to try this method,
which has been tested In the labora
tories In Portland and at the Oregon
State college experiment station. i
Prof. P. O. Relmer of the Southern
Oregon Experiment Station haa re
cently ordered several colonies of the !
parasitized Insects and will dlstrlb-!
ute them In affected parts or the vai-i
ley this summer. 1
Campaign Advocated
It ta the common belief of au
thorities and citizens who have made
a study of the situation in thla com
munity that an organized campaign
Is the only possible way to combat
the pest successfully, unless imme
diate steps are taken it la believed
that the earwig will increase In num
ber until the situation will demand
far greater attention than Is gener
ally realized. As paved streets are
natural barriers which serve to con
fine the Insects to each block, It la
suggested that the citizens of each
such division organize campaigns
for the introduction of the fly in
their territory. Just as the lady bug
Is used to eradicate the aphis, it is
believed the parasitic fly will prove
to be the community's best friend
In this endeavor and the earwig's
worst enemy.
BEST DRILL TEAM
TOVISITG.PASS
The drill team of the Central Point
Orange haa been Invited to take part
in the program at Grants Pass on
July 4. This team won first place at
the state Orange meeting at Rose
burg June 14.
The members of the team are Or
val Caster, Fred Lofland, Ivan Skyr
man, Harold Smith, Harold Head,
Donald Patterson, William Fisher, Al
ton Whetstone, Eula Benson, Marian
Blackford, Roberta, Pankey, Velma
McCreedle, Kathryn Lathrop, Evelyn
Hamilton, Harriett Sparrow, and Leu
rlne Hugger.
William Foley is captain, and Mrs.
Ethel Lathrop, assistant captain.
A drill practice for the team has
been called for Monday, July 3 at the
grange hall.
LAST YEAR'S FIGURES
WASHINGTON, June 39. ;p) The
farm administration's agricultural
economics bureau said today avail
able world supplies of raw wool were
smaller than at thla time last year.
Reductions were largest in southern
hemisphere countries.
The bureau said the 1934 clip In
the United States would about equal
the 1933 clip, and that alight reduc
tions in thla year's clip in Great Brit
ain, France and Germany were In
prospect.
4
Bug Battle Upset
MANHATTAN, Kaa. (fl) A stretch
of cool spring weather, when unlady
like "ladybugs" could not prey upon
the pestiferous "green bugs," Is
blamed by experts at Kansas State
college for the serious damage to
wheat and oats crops this year.
T
Here's Family Health Insurance
Many Doctors will tell yon that
a mighty good way to protect the
health of yoor family is to give
them Shredded Wheat, milk, and
fruit for at leastone meal every day.
Shredded Wheat la ao nourishing
that one single Shredded Wheat
Blaoott ffltitalnn as much nourish
ment aa a waols bovi of horoe
oooked cereal.
These hot days, it's important to
remember that Shredded Wheat is
easily digested. It doesn't slow you
up. Shredded Wheat is whole wheat
one of Nature's best foods Noth
ing added, nothing taken away. It
contains thecarbohydratesyouneed
for energy, proteins to build tissue,
the vitamins you need to resist dis
ease, and bran to keep you regular.
Glra your family Shredded
Wheat They will feel better I It
tastes good, and it's mighty eco
nomical, too.
CRACKERS CAUSE INCREASE IN PANTRY RAIDS
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Flavor and flaklness I . . .
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Crackers make other foods
taste so much better!
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Krispy Crackers
Present Toothless Songbird
Descendant of Grotesque
Flying Creature Ostrich
Labeled Most Primitive
WASHINGTON (UP) Although It
was a complicated Job to trace the
evolution of bird from the grotesque,
toothed flying creature of 150,000.009
years ago to the toothless little song-
bird of today. Dr. Alexander Wetmore,
assistant secretary of the Crmlthson.
lan Institution, has succeeded In clas
sifying their family trees.
On the basis of recent researches,
Dr. Wetmore has Introduced a num
ber of changes from previous bird
classifications. He has divided the
class Into two sub-classes, five super-
orders, 34 orders, 42 sub-orders, 33
super-fsmlltes and SI families.
Originally Had Teeth
Complicated as the bird's famll7
JOHN, I'M TIRED,
OF THIS OLD
FASHIONED WAY
OF TRYING TO
KILL FLIES'"
tree appear, the secretary pointed
out, it U comparatively simple to
that of the reptiles and mammal,
since its evolution has been confined
to narrower lines. He believes that
near the end of the Cretaceous geo
logical period when rep t Ilea began to
vanish, all birds probably had teeth
which gradually disappeared as the
group entered the Tertiary period.
The first great flock of ancestnvl
blrda. Dr. Wetmore revealed, were the
Archaeornlthes, which included such
winged reptiles as the Archaeopterys
and Archaeornls. Following them
came the toothed birds of the New
World the first true birds recognized
by fragmentary fossil records. They
included the Hesperornls, Hagerla and
the Ichthyornls.
Ostrich Family Most Primitive
Representing a long advance the
various creatures of the ostrich fam
ily were classed as the moat primitive
of living birds. Near them were placed
the extinct moaa and close ahead such
curious creatures as kiwis and pen
guins true birds but not of the typ
ical modern bird pattern.
Ranked as the highest branch of
bird evolution, the great sub-order
of Pasftere or songbirds was placed
at the top of the family tree in the
class Lflc&tlon. This group Includes 50
families ranging from larks to finches
snd buntings.
1
U. 8. Tree Planting Trebled
WASHINGTON Tree planting
tn the national forests was nearly
trebled last year, the United States
forest service reports. Forces of the
forest service, the civilian conserva
tion corps and the NRA planting
crews put in trees over a total of 69.
31S acres.
Bellhop 48 Years
AflHBJVn.T.B, N. O. (P) Forty-eight
years ago the Battery Park hotel env
ployed Charley Slsney, a negro, as a
bell boy and he Is still on the Job
Among those he met while on duty
were President Theodora Roosevelt
and President Wilson.
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