K nown as the common earwig, the European earwig is the most common of its kind in the United States. ... maritime earwigs do not have a pair of wings and thus no capability of flying.

The most common earwig species in California is the fast-moving European earwig, Forficula auricularia, accidentally introduced from Europe into North America in the early 1900s.

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 ...

ANOTHER LIFE:IT WAS NOT the best of summers in which to start growing your own. So much rain, so many blight warnings, such green waves of weeds, so little sunshine to reward brave experiments ...

He’s studying maritime earwigs, a larger and more powerful cousin to the common European earwig you might find in your backyard. Both creatures bear fearsome-looking pincers on their backsides. And ...

While there are a few different species of earwigs, the most common is the European earwig. It was first documented in the U.S. in the early 1900s.

We have three species of earwig in Ireland, but this one – the common earwig – is the only one that is widespread. They do not have a pupal stage but just moult their skin as they grow bigger.