I've been studying up on earwigs. I apparently have the perfect habitat for them. Shady. Damp (this year anyway.) Mulch.   The conditions that slugs love are also beloved of earwigs. When I go out on the carport to dump water out of the plant saucers, I always find a "herd" of earwigs and slugs under the saucers. It would seem that I am simply going to have to find a way to live with them. (They may help control aphids - one plus.) The organic controls all suggest not mulching, but that is simply not an option here in these hot summers.

Wish they liked beer.