Appearance: Flat, elongated body with slender antennae and two prominent pincers at the tip of abdomen. The males' pincers are large and curved, whereas the females' are straight. Adult earwigs are ...

With springtime rains upon us in Oklahoma, your backyard might be becoming the perfect environment for the dreaded earwig. Here's what to know if you've seen these bugs in your yard, or if they've ...

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 ...

The wet winter is to blame for the invasion, as such an environment "is conducive for them to actually breed more and lay more eggs," entomologist Dr. Chow-Yang Lee told KCBS. But the creepy-looking ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – There have been ...

One advantage of being an entomologist is that there's never a lack of material for small talk (as it were); with close to a million described insect species, there's an almost inexhaustible supply of ...

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 ...