You try your best to make your home hospitable for guests—but not the insect kind. Earwigs will seek shelter in your home—often in the bathroom, basement or kitchen, as these places offer ideal ...

Nobody likes spotting bugs at the best of the times, and if you’ve spotted these brown crawlies around your home, you'll need to know how to get rid of earwigs. Contrary to its name, earwigs have ...

If you’ve recently spent any time outdoors — or indoors, depending on your location — then odds are you’ve noticed an overabundance of one of the creepiest, albeit mostly harmless, insects in the U.S.

Despite their intimidating pincers, earwigs are much more of a nuisance than an actual threat, unless they've invaded your home in large numbers. While there are plenty of chemical sprays that can ...

STAUNTON — They’re flat and fast, once they’re discovered. Earwigs. Even the name can make your skin crawl and your ears tingle. Their namesake is a little bit of a misnomer. According to the Virginia ...

Q: I have had a ton of earwigs in my garden this year. They eat holes in my flowers and they crawled inside a napa cabbage and chewed it all up. I’m finding drowned earwigs in my hummingbird feeder. A ...

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 ...

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 ...

Few people are fond of earwigs, with their menacing abdominal pincers—whether they’re skittering across your floor, getting comfy in the folds of your camping tent, or minding their own business.