While we’re all bound to encounter bugs of one sort of another in the home at certain points in the year, there are certain creepy crawlies the majority of us can live without.

If you happen to live in a rural area, most like you’ll be well accustomed to flies, ants, spiders and the like taking up residence – or at least attempting to – in your home during the summer months and beyond.

Some people aren’t fazed by the yearly bug invasion; others are less, shall we say, tolerant of the idea. Spiders building their webs in my corners I can live with, and the odd fly buzzing around the kitchen is hardly going to ruin my day.

I take exception, however, to earwigs…

You’ll most certainly have seen an earwig in your home at some point, even if you didn’t recognize it for what it was. The truth is, these little insects are about as far from cute as you could possibly come, yet though they might look like they pack a nasty sting or bite, they’re completely harmless.

That said, most people take aversion to having a horde of earwigs crawling around their abode. I certainly do, which is why I found one particular hack for dealing with them incredibly useful.

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Facebook user Alicia Alexander outlined the tried and tested method she employed to rid herself of an earwig problem, and I reckon it could be of interest to others out there.

According to Alicia, filling a shallow bowl with half a cup of olive oil, then placing said bowl in your backyard or on your deck, is the perfect way to trap earwigs.