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Close up of two female European earwig, a brown insect with six legs, long striped abdomen and antennae on a leaf

Mr Doecke, a fair-skinned, balding, middle-aged man in a khaki stands by a citrus tree, and looks at two oranges he's holding.

Close up of swollen, scarred buds of citrus tree from earwig feeding

Green leaves of citrus tree munched into by earwigs showing foilage significantly impacted

"Whilst there is no threshold for earwig control, it is likely that damage similar to the previous season will occur if numbers are not lowered,"
they said.

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