Reproduction: Egg Stage. Earwigs mating season typically occurs in the fall and early winter months. The female carry around their eggs until they find an adequate location to lay them in what is ...

Symmetry is normally nature's preferred state, but earwigs are proving that asymmetry can aid in battle, mating. By Susanne Rust / California Watch • Published August 27, 2012 • Updated on ...

The adult earwig's body is about 1/2 to 3/4 inch long and is a shiny, reddish-brown. The pair of noticeable appendages that resemble forceps (or pincers) at the tail end of its body aids in ...

An earwig has a set of pinchers on the lower end of its body and wings that are rolled up just above its pinchers. Glen Hood, Associate Professor at Wayne State University, said earwigs can often ...

According to the pest control company Orkin, there are more than 1,500 species of earwigs, with about 20 existing in the U.S. They typically range in size from one-fourth of an inch to two inches ...

In German, earwigs are called “earworms”; in French, “ear piercers.” A 2016 survey of modern central European insect folklore reported that the critter “climbs in your ear and drills it ...

Earwigs can bite people, but they rarely do. Instead, they’re more likely to pinch your skin and hold on tight. Here’s what to do if you get pinched.