Top 6 Best Earwig Killers (2020 Review)

Earwigs are outdoor garden pests that live in leaf litter, mulch, and moist soil.

It’s where they have their hiding places and lay their eggs, so it makes sense to take the fight to them with a professional-strength granular insecticide like Talstar PL Granules.

Three pounds of Talstar granules in a hand spreader is enough to broadcast in a 10-foot wide band around an average-sized house.

When they crawl out of the grass, flower beds, or garden, they’ll encounter the granules before they even get to your house.

We picked Talstar granules because they last for up to three months between treatments, they’re water-activated, weather-resistant (you can use them year-round), and highly effective against earwigs and a multitude of other insects as well.

Talstar Professional is a liquid concentrate that has Bifenthrin as the active ingredient, just like the granules.

It is an excellent outdoor pesticide used in a backpack sprayer to treat around the foundation of your house, under the eaves, windows, and doors.

Talstar Pro is an efficient insect killer that is labeled for use against a wide range of pests, including earwigs. Once it is dry it lasts for up to three months even in the rain and snow.

It’s odorless and won’t stain the siding on your house or under the eaves.

It’s slightly toxic for adults and might give you a headache if you drink a glass of it. Infants and small pets are more susceptible though, so keep them away until it dries.

Suspend uses Deltamethrin as the active ingredient to kill over 50 different nuisance pests, including earwigs, cockroaches, bed bugs, ants, spiders, beetles, and silverfish.

You’ll need to get a 1-gallon pump-up sprayer of one kind or another to spray it.

One pint of this concentrate can be mixed with water to make 64 gallons of spray solution. It is odorless and won’t stain fabrics or walls when you use it inside.

It’s safe to use in kitchens, pantries, bathrooms, and throughout the entire house.

Deltamethrin is highly toxic to fish and birds, so you’ll need to cover any fish tanks and bird cages before you start spraying in the house. It’s easy to use and will last for up to three months between treatments.

Delta Dust is a fine dust, like talcum powder that uses Deltamethrin as the active ingredient.

It is perfect for use at ground level in the cracks and crevices around the baseboards in your house. You’ll need a bulb duster to use it.

It will kill earwigs and dozens of others that crawl through it when you puff it into the small holes and entry points insects use to gain entrance to your house.

It’s very easy to use, just be careful not to get any floating dust in your mouth – it tastes nasty.

It doesn’t dissolve in water and will last for up to nine months so it’s perfect for outdoor use as well as in damp crawl spaces under houses.

Neem oil is a naturally occurring pesticide found in the seeds of neem trees.​

It’s been used for hundreds of years as one of nature’s premier pesticides against a vast array of insects. It interferes with their ability to eat and reproduce.

One teaspoon of cold-pressed neem oil, mixed with a quart of water in a 32-ounce spray bottle creates a spray to stop an earwig infestation.

It acts as a repellent as well as a way to kill earwigs. Because it’s all-natural, edible in fact, it’s safe around pets and children.

Diatomaceous earth is a natural desiccant that absorbs moisture and hastens the dehydration of plants and insects it contacts.

It’s made from the fossilized shells of microscopic sea creatures called diatoms. It is often used for digestive problems.

Spreading a fine layer of diatomaceous earth at the ground level around your house, inside or out, creates a natural barrier against earwig populations that attempt to cross it.

The tiny edges also slice open the earwig’s shell, further hastening their death.

It is completely non-toxic and child and pet safe. There’s no odor and it will last until it gets wet. After that, it will begin clumping. You’ll have to sweep it up and distribute more.