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.

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 ...

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 ...

British author, naturalist and biologist Dave Goulson states that earwigs do not “have great press” and that it is very unlikely that an Earwig Preservation Trust will be formed for them. Indeed, ...