Earwig Facts - It Will Eat Your Brain!? - Animal a Day

Today we learn about the haunting insect that some think will lay eggs in your brain, the Earwig.

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Sources:
wikipedia.org

https://www.britannica.com/animal/earwig

https://www.familyhandyman.com/list/e...

https://facts.net/earwig-facts/

https://www.griffinpest.com/blog/10-i...

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0:00 Introduction
0:13 Earwigs, or Pincher Bugs, are an order of over 1800 species of small, nocturnal, flying insects with what looks like a claw at the end of their bodies.
0:25 They are found in tiny, dark, dank holes all over the world minus Antarctica.
0:46 Males have a butt like a lobster claw, while the one on females looks more like a set of straight spikes.
0:58 These pinchers have multiple uses such as for offense, to catch a prey for example, or defense, to protect themselves from a threat. They may also be used as a mating display or to help tuck their wings under themselves.
1:14 Earwig egg clutches contain up to 80 eggs. The newborns will go through three stages of life and five molts within about 20-70 days to become adults.
1:46 Some Earwig species are able to squirt a nasty, stinky liquid up to 4 inches or 10 cm away. It's thought this acts like some sort of deterrence against hostile creatures.
2:25 They are basically harmless to humans. It's possible for them to sting you with their pinchers, but they aren't venomous, nor are they a common vector for diseases.