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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 3 (June 1, 1935)

Whiskers and Earwigs

Whiskers and Earwigs.

When the gardener goes earwigging he changes his tactics. No doubt, perspicacious reader, you have noticed that an earwig moves with the swift grace of a homing hippo, or a policeman who has heard an acid drop in a lolly shop at midnight; also that it has that faraway look in its eyes common to dwellers in the great open spaces. In short, it depends more on its ears than on its eyes for protection. Thus the knowing gardener strews his week's whisker clippings in its path, and lies at the extreme end of his garden with his ear to the ground, exposed to the delighted gaze of the homing earwig which, hurrying towards its natural habitat, hits the whiskers head on and breaks its neck.