I’m not scared of them because they can crawl into my ears. I’m scared of them because they are gross. And I mean deathly scared. Your name for them made me laugh though, so thank you for making me less scared.
@@mars_starz420 I'm with you on that one. I grabbed one and it pinched me the other day 😨 now I cant stop shivering all grossed out I hate pincher bugs
Please tell how to get rid of them, I can't stand them. My apt is infested with them. I think my problem started after I planted rose trees and rose bushes in my front yard. I tried Sevin, and Ortho for ants baits and neither have worked. And now they are crawling into my home!
"Luckily it's not true" that they burrow in your ear but then moments later he says, "they are anti-claustrophobic and love extremely small space"....... *checks ears for earwigs*
I know from personal experience that earwigs will crawl into your ears. I have been awakened at night by the sound and motion of something in my ear feeding on my earwax! Of course I didnt know the culprit at first. I just ran to the sink and flushed out my ear with hydrogen peroxide and an earwig comes out with the flush. Gross! This has to happened to others for the earwig to earn this name.
@@bgslegendz67cat6 True actually. I have also witnessed earwigs eating candle wax. All of this is from my personal experience and observation...not from speculation.
I see them same time every year, beginning of June. Never in fall or winter. Sprinkle boric acid early where they frequent but not accessible to pets. I controlled them last year only saw a couple. This year, I didn't get the jump on it and I have hundreds.
I’ve had a constant problem with these pests; throughout the year. They are in the hundred thousands in my yard(front and back), possibly millions. They keep getting inside too. I keep bees in back, and have even found them in the hives!
@@SSolis-pp9sn same they come in through any small holes so try and caulk any holes you have around the house and seal doors super tight and windows . I think it will help .
If you still have an earwig problem, buy some insect killer and spray/sprinkle it under any object that sit on the ground in your yard. Like crickets and other nocturnal insects, they require damp, dark places to hide during the day, so take those kinds of places away from them, and they'll disappear. They don't live in your house, they just get in while wondering/hunting. Guaranteed when you flip over something laying outside in the yard, you'll find a colony. Pretty simple to get rid of them, if you keep a tidy yard.
Okay I seriously need help! This is the second summer where my apparent is crawling with earwigs... I Can't sleep! They're on my table, walls, chairs, kitchen... They're in my freaking bed! How do I kill and prevent them?!?! I have no idea where they're coming from!?!?
@@uchibauki2515 We don't have raid here were I live, bought something that works for a couple of weeks... just want to know how to prevent them from getting in again next summer... Just so I don't have to wait for my appointment to be crawling again
These things are nasty!!!!! My mother told me this same thing about them....so I am deathly afraid of them....I water my yard late at night and these things crawl up my pants!!!! I freak out!!!! Thank you for this video!!!!
They're actually really nice and won't harm you. Some people keep them as pets as well. Ear wig moms actually care for their babies like a lot of mammals do, they care about their babies. I found that fascinating about them.
I had an Ant issue earlier in the summer, finally got rid of that, and then today….. I’m just chilling in my bed, watching Netflix, look over, and there’s a dam earwig crawling up my blanket. I SMUSHED THAT B*TCH SO FAST- Now I’m just worried there’s more, you never just find ONE bug😔💔 *There’s always more….*
Wanna hear a 100% true and terrifying tale of just how evil these things are, that is guaranteed to give you nightmares? Okay, but don't say I didn't warn you!!! One year, in middle school, a bunch of us thought that it would be a blast to float a local river. We looked around and instead of going for the customary inner tube, we grabbed a "Tom Sawyer" like wooden raft (think large pallet) from a backyard. We lugged it down to the river, then climbed aboard and set off for a day of fun. What started as a grand adventure quickly turned into the river float from hell. As we drifted along we began to notice a couple of earwigs wandering across the planks..... There would be no joy on the river this day. The longer we floated the lower the raft submerged into to river. The lower the raft submerged, the greater the number of earwigs, until there were HUNDREDS, all scrambling from their hidey-holes, looking for a dry spot to haul themselves up onto. In desperation they quickly discovered that if they scaled US they could remain dry! As the raft sank ever deeper, they, and we, were soon fully in the river. We all floated at the same rate, human and earwig alike, so there was no escaping them! Soon our heads were their only escape they could find. Girl or boy made no difference, we were all most unhappy. We had no choice but to haul ourselves onto the shore, which was thick with thorny brambles. Tired, cut up, and defeated we made our way home..... each of us hating earwigs that much more. Yup, I'm no fan.
Heres a tip, KEEP THEM! They A, Dont harm you, Cant even pinch you (and if they somehow do you provoked them, and it still barely hurts) B. They eat smaller insects, that could be even worse. C. Cute.
so last year i went out to my shop and i came in the walk in door and i smelled like womens purfume and i thought thats odd and i look over at my overhead door were there is usually a crack that runs up the door was filled in with something black thinking what heck i pushed the door opener and there were thousands of them GROSS! grabed a can of brake cleaner and doused them and they scattered. did that perfume smell come from them cause i know there were no hot ladies out in my shop?
Im going crazy found these Shits in my home my home is so clean can anyone advise my neighbours house is filthy never been cleaned in last sixteen years I've gotten pets company to come and spray stuff and I've used other stuff still can't get rid of them
I AM LEGIT GOING INSANE MY BATHROOM AND BEDROOM IS INFESTED WITH THEM AAAAAA I CANT HAVE NUN GOOD AND THEY ONLY SHOW UP IN THOSE TWO ROOMS MY ROOM AND MY BATHROOM THATS IT THEY ARE HARASSING ME AND ME ONLY NOBODY ELSE IN MY FAMILY GAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Strange how earwigs can vary in intensity. Weather and environmental changes might be at play. Have you tried any pest control measures to manage them?
I know for a fact one did burrow in my neighbor’s kid’s ear. She had to go to the doctor to get it removed...laying eggs in the brain well I don’t know...but this did happen.
Here's one... when we were kids, a bunch of us were out playing in my friends yard, it was about 105 degrees that day, decided to hit the hose for a quick drink and guess what I got instead... about 100 pincher bugs! ...and that was the last time I drank from a hose that had no sprayer nozzle, and that was almost 40 years ago.
I've been at war with earwigs for years. I've killed thousands and thousands. I've sprayed Raid absolutely everywhere. They just keep coming. My entire house has crevices at ground level all over. Never ending struggle
Omg I am looking to completely end them. I can't take it no more, I have to now sleep with a night light due to me being so frightened. I sprayed Ortho for Ant, Roaches and Spiders (claims to kill more insects for 12 months) two days ago. However I noticed that the bugs just stay away and don't die. And today I mopped my home and now I've found 6 earwigs crawling in from the bottom edge of the windows and doors 😭 So I guess I cleaned the insecticide.
@@jan3th I have had it with these damn earwigs... It's like they do their best to try and annoy me. They crawl right above me on the ceiling while I'm sleeping only to drop and land on me. I've had this happen three times already. Had them crawl on me several times. Hate their smell, hate how they leave poop around, hate everything about them!!
I hate earwigs; I almost ate and drank one this week, and I have learned what they smell like. There is bound to be one every room of the house. (The other night, one was climbing up my leg..)
I found one in my bed and I went crazy and sprayed my room with ecosafe plant based insecticide and then I saw a baby roach come out from a baseboard from the spraying i did then I freaked out and now I can’t sleep thinking more will come out and go inside my ears lol! My apartment is clean… gosh it probably doesn’t seem like it after me saying there was a roach too ugh gross… my neighbors are the nasty ones who probably bring them to my apartment. Anyway, then I had to take my inhaler because I couldn’t breathe with all that spraying i did ugh 😩
All apartments have cockroaches. They lie in wait for you to fall asleep so they can crawl all over you. But just so you know, cockroaches are far worse than earwigs, because a cockroach doesn't have the ability to walk backwards, and can only crawl forward. So if they crawl in your nose while you're sleeping, you have to wait for it to crawl all the way to the back of your throat to spit it out. Ever wake up coughing or a tickle in your throat? Probably a bug. Their spiny legs will prevent you from blowing them out through your nose too. But if one crawls in your ear, they can only keep crawling further in. Then they panic and start scratching, which is extremely painful and you can only remove it with curved tweezers b/c it'll go past the curve in your ear canal. Sleep tight.
Had a huge problem with wolf spiders in and around the house.. so much so i was bit more than a handful of times by a spider known not to really bite people and those dudes hurt.. for a few days.. but i ended up killing off most of those, at least im not seeing any more big 2 inch to 3 inch ones running aroubd.. so now i get earwigs and these little brown/black beetles and click beetles.. a lot of em.. and those big red ants.. but seems like as soon as i spray for one the other takes over.. my property couldnt be more dry and without vegetation and keep grass cut... house is not cluttered and i think is why im able to spot every crawley dude that enters the abode.. those centipede things are in the place also and never see a small one. Theyre always 3" long with all the legs and crap.. and fast as hell.. those things have literally fallen on me a few times.. creepy.. but better earwigs than those spiders.. id wake up with an itch and then like getting hit with a dart it shoots up the skin then throbs for a while.. then is sensitive to touch for a few days.. not fun
Killing most of your spiders is why you're now seeing the other critters in abundance. Sorry that you kept getting bit, they typically do not bite folks but you had so many you kept running into them. A balance of spiders in the home is good to have but unfortunately something about your environment must've really appealed to a few mating pairs lolz.
It's 95 outside but this pest crawled into my bathroom at 2:30 AM when I had dozed off in my jacuzzi and woke me up! 14 hours later the Dr. pulled it out of my ear! I can't stand these bugs down south! Beam me up Scotty!!!!!
@@moxzilla6 Them things is gone now man. They only come into houses during the winter time. It's Spring Time over here in North Carolina now man Earwigs are nowhere to be seen now.
I have a n earwig in my house, I had one in my place about a month ago I thought it was a cockroach also had 2 of them in here about 3 years ago when I first moved in. Had bug guy in thinking they were cock roaches he didn’t think so but put a whole lot of these sticky trap things but haven’t caught any until this morning not caught but crawling around got into plastic bag to figure out what it was. What can I do ?
so I'm.baffled the perimeter around my house is dry as desert. yet there is a ton of earwigs i DNT have excess moisture but i still get earwigs. what could be causing this?
Earwigs can seek shelter in various conditions, not just moist areas. They might be attracted to outdoor lighting or other factors. Consider using targeted pest control methods to address the issue.
I slept at 11pm and end up waking up around 3am out of my sleep because I thought I felt something crawling on my body ignored it and was trying to go back to sleep I then felt something crawling right behind my ear and of course human nature I slapped it with my hand and pinched it with my fingers to get a grip of it still not knowing what it was because I sleep with lights off, so I turn my lights on and see it’s a bug that I don’t know of and drop it back on my bed it’s still alive but disabled, so I grab my phone download a bug identifier app and see what it is first thing that pops up is European earwig and I almost had a heart attack because in all locations, i snatched it right behind my ear and am now paranoid that if it laid eggs in my ear because it was a female🤦♂️ fuck
What about track lighting? We are finding them falling on us while we are sitting on the couch from the track lighting that we very rarely use. Ugh! And it’s August.
Ugh indeed! Earwigs are attracted to light, but that's interesting that it's rarely used. Check for any gaps or openings around the track lighting and take measures to keep them out. A pest control professional can help you find a solution if you they continue to cause you trouble!
Puts some cotton wool or headset don't use in noise cancelling deep ones though. Also try to find them in day. They're nocturnal. They fly around at night left wondering is that a moth. 😱😖
I been finding them in my apartment I never lived in a apartment before anyway I found using dimitrious earth works well...but they come back I do have cats I wonder if its possible there eating some type of mite I might not be seeing? Either way I can't wait to get them completely out of here there yucky looking things
@@ketari7408 I have heard about to wings of earwigs, I have studied my earwigs for about 3 years trying to learn about them. I have never seen wings on these earwigs, I don't know what kind they are. All I know is these ones do not fly, being from New Mexico originally, I grew up hearing stories about the earwigs showing up with the spanish and decimating the native's corn. As far as I know europeans call them pincher bugs. Well that is because corn is native american not european. Not saying you are wrong but that is why I have learned. Do you have any references to your claim?
This is the first time this year that I have found an earwig inside my home. It is fall, and they are probably looking for a warmer space. Disgusting!!!!
You're right! Earwigs tend to seek warmth indoors as temperatures drop in the fall. They can definitely be unpleasant to find, but sealing cracks and keeping moisture levels low can help prevent them from getting inside.
I only ever see earwigs in the summer. They drown themselves constantly in my cat's drinking fountain. I change the water every day and there are usually about 3 or 4 of them. They also like to crawl into our portable cooler and drown themselves if it is full of ice and water. Annoying, dumb things.
Can you tell me how to get them out of my garden and stop eating my fruits and vegetables lol. One day I had the first bell pepper ripening to a beautiful red, it was just about ready and I said “I will give it one more day and tomorrow I am going to pick it to use in the dish I want to make”. Well, long story short, I go there the next morning and there is a giant hole in the pepper and when I looked closer the entire inside of the pepper was full of earwigs like maybe 20-30 or more. Do you know good ways to protect fruit and vegetable plants from earwigs?
To protect your fruit and vegetable plants from earwigs, you can try a few methods. Creating a barrier with diatomaceous earth around your plants can deter them. You can also set up traps using rolled-up newspaper or cardboard tubes, placing them near your plants overnight and disposing of them in the morning. Additionally, reducing excess moisture in your garden and removing any debris where earwigs might hide can help. Experiment with these techniques and see which works best for you!
@@RovePestControl I have tried the diatomaceous earth method and it seems to work, the only issue is if the soil is wet or when you water the plants and wet the diatomaceous earth it becomes more ineffective and I find myself having to constantly re-apply it which can make it a very expensive method because my garden is pretty large with about just over 30 fruit and vegetable plants I would say. I tend to keep my garden fairly clean of debris, but my garden is surrounded with stone retaining walls which seems to be like an earwig paradise lol they love to live in the cracks between the stones in the wall. I have never tried the tube traps, I think I will try this next. Do I just simply leave the tubes on the ground near the plants? Or is there something else I have to do, like put some sort of bait inside or something like that? I appreciate the help, fingers crossed that this will help. You don’t know the struggle when they destroy your beautiful crops that you spent time planting and caring for and waiting a long time for them to grow and excited to pick and eat them, just for the earwigs to eat them instead 🤣
Spray your plants with a mixture of cold press neem oil and water every few days, when they lose the shine, it's time to reapply, give it go and you'll see what I mean.
The idea they crawl into your ear has absolutely nothing to do with why they're called earwigs. Their named (eare wicga), because the shape of their wing or 'wicga' is shaped like an ear 'eare'. Their name means ear-wing.
They are called earwigs because you find them ears of corn. I used to hate picking corn as a kid because my dads corn stalks would sometimes have a few of them!
@@rranger1014 Uh oh….! It’s the RU-vid insect police, here to correct the injustices perpetuated against beetles all over the world and call wrongdoers who could care less about what he says, mildly offensive 16th century schoolyard names!
Ok its 85 degrees right now its summer time and they are all over my house now! Outside and inside?? I am killing 25 to 35 a day inside of my house. I have everything cleared out around the outside of my house, grass is cut back as well. I have sprayed inside and out, put down Bio advance, I have used everything I can get over the counter but they dont stop!!! What is my next step with this?? House is clean inside nothing is old and rotten ie flooring, walls, paint. I swear nothing works on them around here!!!
You're not alone! Earwigs can definitely be unsettling. If they're becoming a problem, it's a good idea to look into prevention methods or call a pest control expert to keep them out of your home.
They actually do crawl into your ears but don’t lay eggs. As a child I had one crawl into my ear. It sounded like a cardboard box in my ear and that’s how I knew I had something in my ear. I shook my head and bobbed it like if I had water in there and it ended up falling out.
We start to notice few month ago . Starting be at front door little by little it was hundreds they crawl into or threw front door . Long story short we called someone exterminate Well next few days we seen thousands died all around house. Tomorrow there coming back exterminate again we are finding inside house not sure where there coming in from now. I hate this bugs I found few in my bedroom so many else where!!!
That sounds like a serious earwig invasion! Good call on getting professionals involved. Hopefully, the next treatment takes care of the issue for good.
Ive seen one in my house but theres tons in my shed and crawling on the house…. Idk if it was the recent heat wave or what but idk if this is a problem or not
The heat wave might be driving them indoors. It's a good idea to seal any cracks and remove moisture sources to keep them out of your house. If the problem persists, consider professional pest control.
June can bring some humidity-related challenges indeed! While earwigs might be attracted to moist environments, they typically don't pose a significant threat to pets like cats. However, it's always a good idea to keep an eye on your furry friend and take necessary precautions to ensure their well-being.
@@elizabethhorvath7972 Bro Dont worry, ear wigs are LIKE GARBAGE, Mosquitos do more damage, Earwigs dont sting, on the off chance you get “pinched” its more like if a baby tried to twist your skin, NOTHING. Also they eat other pest, like uhh, idk.
ok so in my kitchen at night time so many earwigs randomly appear, like ive killed 15 of them in one night WHATS GOING ONNNNN, am i getting an earwig infestation?? ive also been starting to see a couple in the day time soo
I saw one in my shower before I got in on the shower handle I touched. I panicked and grabbed the shower head and sprayed it down the shower drain lol. ;-;
Well....I’m screwed because my husband has refused to trim trees over the past 20....We live in N.Y. so spring and summer last only a few months....The Oak and Maples have continuously grown and now block all sunlight to the point of our home being dark after 10 a.m. I grew up in Fl, and if I ever saw a ‘pincher bug’ it was usually in the woods...Orkin probably contracted with every home in my neighborhood...Truly, the northeast is bug free compared to Fl., so I think I may have gotten too use to not having daily encounters with big uglies...That all ended the other night when I grabbed my 64oz insulated mug of freshly brewed sweet tea...ah...sweet tea...My one vice of the south I’m keeping...If you can’t figure out where I’m going with this well....I guess I have to put it in text... Yep...a nasty little earwig found its way into my mug, and I, I, *shutter*....I ended up with little, bleep, bleep in my mouth...🤢...🤮... Never thought for a sec that it was any kind of bug....it felt like a piece of thick plastic wrap that I quickly spit in my hand...Nope...not plastic...🤮... I’ve since wracked my brain...How did that little fart get in there? The straw? I’ve never seen one inside my home....Then...sigh...the answer came not more 30 minutes ago as I was standing at my kitchen sink fixing my husband a pitcher of tea....I see something fall from the ceiling 😳 and land right in front of me 😮 next to the open pitcher of tea...Cue the creepy 😬 music....An earwig....I sprayed it with dish soap which killed it and walked out to show/tell my hubby what had happened, and said, I’m 98% sure this is how one ended up in my mug... Sigh...he shrugged... WTHeck...☹️ 🥺 😠 🤔 Perhaps one night he will crawl into bed and find a harmless little snake to tickle his toes... Harmless or not, he can’t stand them...😏😏 Yeah, I probably won’t exert the energy, but it’s a fantasy that pushes my irritation aside...😏
@@frifri28 in the northeast they hide somewhere in the cooler months. However, I encouraged the comeback of these wispy little spiders that disappeared when ugly barn spiders took over...Since then I’ve seen no earwigs, or any other ugly spiders. I wish I knew the technical name for the wispy ones because they were key...
