Earwigs are medium sized insects compared to some other types of creatures. They have dark elongated bodies and are super-fast runners. They have strange looking pinchers off of their rear end, which they will cock up when they feel threatened or afraid report pest control experts in Ocean County, NJ. The pinchers look menacing, but in actuality they are completely harmless. Some earwigs have small and simple wings, some do not. The wings serve no purpose as they are small and underdeveloped. Earwigs are garden scavengers which are most active at night. They sometimes enter homes as they are attracted by bright lights.
The earwig name comes from an old myth that these strange looking insects would climb into people’s ears where they would supposedly lay their eggs. Some people even believed that they would tunnel deep into people’s brains! It has been reported in recent years that earwigs have been found to indeed climb into the ears of humans. Scientists believe that they have done this as a means of escaping cold weather when they cannot reach their normal nesting grounds that are six feet underground when it is cold.
One of the strangest facts about the male earwig is that it has two penises, both of which are larger than the insect’s entire body. For some evolutionary reason, this insect is blessed with two of these organs, but it should be noted, that their penis does at times tend to snap off during the mating ritual.
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