HELP INDEX NEXT UP PREVIOUS FEEDBACK ATG Earwig (Order Dermaptera)

There are approximately 1100 species of earwig world wide, some 18 species being found in North America. This small to medium sized insect, with leathery body has received it's name from an age old superstition that they crawled into the ears of unsuspecting or sleeping persons. Some tales even suggest that they would chew through one's eardrum and brain with their rear pincers. The pincer-like cerci can inflict a sharp pinch. Fortunately, the tales have no foundation. MORE! [BM] {PF}
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