Earwigs are beneficial insects that primarily consume dead plants and other insects, contributing to garden cleanliness. While earwigs can cause minor plant damage, their benefits generally outweigh ...

With springtime rains upon us in Oklahoma, your backyard might be becoming the perfect environment for the dreaded earwig. Here's what to know if you've seen these bugs in your yard, or if they've ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. As a kid, you might have first encountered earwigs as a kind of ...

Summertime brings about a few different things: hot temperatures, rainy days, and creatures that can startle. One creepy summertime crawly you could be seeing is an earwig. Here's what to know if you ...

British author, naturalist and biologist Dave Goulson states that earwigs do not “have great press” and that it is very unlikely that an Earwig Preservation Trust will be formed for them. Indeed, ...

Earwigs put the "creepy" in creepy crawlies, with their scuttling legs and long pincers on their tails. Old wives' tales say these insects crawl into people's ears and burrow into their heads.

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I have gone several years without seeing any earwigs. Then suddenly in the last two weeks they seem to be popping up everywhere! Well not literally everywhere, but in places I frequent such as flower ...

It's not just your house: there are more earwigs skittering around Wisconsin this year. Earwigs generally don't receive a lot of attention in terms of research and monitoring, so it's hard to pinpoint ...

You’ve likely seen those evil ant-looking insects with wicked pincers at the tip of their abdomen in your house and heard ...