Finding an earwig in the home can be a startling encounter due to their distinguished pincers. But these common household ...

Other versions say that earwigs crawl into human ears to lay their eggs there. The term earwig is derived from Old English word "ēare," which means ear, and "wicga," which means insect.

Oldest arthropod urban legend: the brain-boring earwig The common name of the "earwig," entomologically a member of the order Dermaptera, derives from the Old English "ear wicga," which, roughly ...