He wandered around his spiderweb home until he saw another ghoulish mass—a crawling lump of spider legs, fly wings, earwig abdomens, ant heads, and weevil legs. It was another bone collector ...

As the Red Wings’ offseason begins in earnest, all the attention has been on whom they could target in what could be an aggressive summer for Detroit. But what about the players already on the ...

Scientists have watched the macabre insect measuring and attaching fly wings, weevil heads and earwig abdomens to their homes. “The bone collector caterpillar is another example of how ...

Few people are fond of earwigs, with their menacing abdominal pincers—whether they’re skittering across your floor, getting comfy in the folds of your camping tent, or minding their own business.

These insects are also known to be widespread across P.E.I. Earwigs possess long brown or occasionally white bodies with pincer-like apparatus near their back end. They have wings but rarely fly. This ...

Their lack of pincers as well as their shortened front wings makes them distinguishable from earwigs and scorpions, with whom they share some similarities. They may even curl up their tail when ...

I figured it wasn’t true because I’ve seen lots of earwigs and none with wings. Besides, where would they put them? The answer is the most intriguing. They have small elytra or wing covers on ...

It's not just your house: there are more earwigs skittering around Wisconsin this year. Earwigs generally don't receive a lot of attention in terms of research and monitoring, so it's hard to ...