An earwig does not enter the garden looking for one particular meal. It may chew a flower petal, scavenge decaying vegetation and prey on a small insect during the same […]

Finding earwigs beneath a flowerpot does not automatically mean something in the garden needs saving. The same insect that chews a hole through a dahlia petal can spend another night […]

Earwigs are much stranger than the pincers on their rear suggest. They can have wings yet rarely fly, mothers actively care for their eggs and young, and some species release […]

Baby earwigs, called nymphs, look like smaller and usually lighter versions of adult earwigs. They have elongated bodies, six legs, long antennae, and a pair of cerci at the rear. […]

A yard can look perfectly tidy and still provide exactly what earwigs need. The attraction is often happening at ground level, where damp soil meets mulch, fallen leaves, flowerpots, dense […]

Earwig eggs are tiny, elliptical, and pearly white when freshly laid. European earwig eggs are about 1 millimeter long, roughly pinhead-sized, and females lay them together inside protected soil nests. […]

The earwig life cycle has three main forms: egg, nymph, and adult. European earwigs develop through gradual metamorphosis, so there is no caterpillar-like larva or pupal stage. After hatching, a […]

Those pincers make earwigs look considerably more threatening than they are. Earwigs are not considered dangerous to humans. They are not poisonous or venomous, and their pincers are not powerful […]

Earwig pincers are multipurpose structures used for defense, catching and holding prey, mating, and competition. Their proper name is cerci, and they sit at the rear of the abdomen rather […]

Yes, adult earwigs can have wings, and some can fly, but seeing one in flight is unusual. Most earwig species have a pair of short, leathery forewings covering much larger […]