OK so most of the research I've done says they can be beneficial or not... I see a lot of them in my garden at night, is it something I should be worried about? They seem to especially like my corn leaves.

Common earwigs will eat pretty much any plant matter, living or dead, given the opportunity: generally speaking they don't cause much damage but when they congregate in large number they seem to practice "herd feeding", meaning they will concentrate on a single food source. Or at least this is what I've observed.

The best way to thin out their numbers to manageable levels is by using traps: there are endless designs around the web, but this is the cheapest and most effective in my experience https://www.gardenersworld.com...

ElPolloDiablo said:Common earwigs will eat pretty much any plant matter, living or dead, given the opportunity: generally speaking they don't cause much damage but when they congregate in large number they seem to practice "herd feeding", meaning they will concentrate on a single food source. Or at least this is what I've observed.

The best way to thin out their numbers to manageable levels is by using traps: there are endless designs around the web, but this is the cheapest and most effective in my experience https://www.gardenersworld.com...

Or I could just spray them with some dawn and water solution...

Earwigs are tough: you would need a whole lot more than household dish detergent to kill them. Even mineral oil, which works on the same principle but is gorilla strength, is only moderately effective against them.
There are insecticides that work well like gamma cyhalothrin (a pyrethroid) but why spend that money when homemade traps work well?

ElPolloDiablo said:Earwigs are tough: you would need a whole lot more than household dish detergent to kill them. Even mineral oil, which works on the same principle but is gorilla strength, is only moderately effective against them.
There are insecticides that work well like gamma cyhalothrin (a pyrethroid) but why spend that money when homemade traps work well?

I've sprayed quite a few with dawn and it does kill them. At least the ones here.