Here at my new location something has been dining on my potted peppers the past couple of weeks. Normally, other than aphids, I don't have any problems with things eating my pepper leaves and shoots. I've gone out at night but haven't seen anything except a single cucumber beetle on my plants. The amount of damage has really gotten crazy the past couple of days, especially on my red cherries and Tabascos-apparently their favorites.
Anyway, last night I went out after midnight and lo and behold my plants (especially the two varieties mentioned above) were covered with earwigs! I always thought earwigs were pretty much benign and somewhat beneficial.
I put out 2 empty tuna cans with about 1/2 inch of vegetable oil in them, this morning they were FULL of hundreds of dead earwigs. Pretty yucky but it sure put a dent in their population. I'll set the traps again tonight and see what happens.