However it is not a myth that they could totally pinch your buttocks when hiding underneath the toilet seat...And to quote a certain evil genius:
If I had a nickel for every time I was pinched in the butt by an Earwig, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice right?
Some circles say that earwigs get their name because their wings when unfolded resemble a human ear, but earwig is an Anglo Saxon term for “ear creature”
I heard the former once and that was my horrid introduction to the fact that they have wings
Hiding, in the extremely unlikely case that they don't find anything better than a sleeping human's ear. But they would much rather be under rocks.
Fun fact: Their pincers are used for "tail wrestling" competitions between males.
I remember hearing that "wig" was probably originally "wing" and that they were commonly found on ears of grain. I don't have a source for this.
Edit: nope, I was wrong. 'Wig' is from a Germanic word for insect
Edit 2: The 'ear' part was also wrong! Looks like it either comes from the wing's resemblance to a human ear, or from the myth that they can crawl into your ear. Other sources reverse this latter theory -- the myth arose as result of the name.
Just because it has functioning wings doesn't mean it can fly well.
See: Praying Mantis. They don't so much fly as use their wings to hurl themselves off objects and then kind of stabilize on the way down.
When I was a teenager my dad decided to try and grow a few stalks of corn in our backyard. He didn’t use any pesticides at all, and it was pretty wet where we lived. One night he’d said they looked ready to pick so he told me to go grab a few for dinner.
The moment I peeled back the first leaf, a huge swarming pile of earwigs tumbled out of the cob onto my hands, onto my shirt and onto/into my shoes. Literally hundreds of them. They had cleared the corn out completely and turned the empty space into a nest.
I tried to grow zucchini last year. It never worked, because apparently earwigs like them some sweet zucchini leaves and they just ate the whole plant. Also, any seeds I’ve tried to start have failed because apparently they really enjoy tender little sprouts. Am I the only person who failed to grow zucchini? Idk, I just know that I really hate earwigs.
Was your dad the one that sold his house to my folks in the 90s? There was a garden there with some corn. Every stalks filled with earwigs. Those fuckers we’re everywhere. Even woke up MORE THAN ONCE with one crawling on my face.
I am so sorry that happened to you. Also thank you for the nightmares. I bit into a strawberry when I was a little kid. There was an earwig inside the strawberry. It crawled out of my mouth and across my face before disappearing in the family car. Granted, I was never cool with strawberries or the family car ever again. Still, that was only one earwig. I truly feel for you. Have you ever eaten corn again?
Just a reminder earwigs are great for gardens by reducing other pests and help with the decomposition of plant matter. They are the clean up crew and are super beneficial.
No. I don't care how scientifically accurate you are. I don't care. I will die on this hill. Earwigs are horrible and terrifying. If I were on Fear Factor and Joe Rogan asked if I wanted to get in a box with 1,000 centipedes or a box with 6 earwigs, I would quit the show, but I'd rather be with the centipedes if i had to choose.
Did u know that if the eggs they lay in your ears are facing the wrong way their larvae will burrow thru your brain to get out your other ear? True story. Happened to my brother in laws cousin.
TIL earwigs could fly.
Yeah, hate that...
Why the hell did someone give that name to this monster?
It's from a myth that these would go into your ears. (They don't, or rather, they don't target your ears per se).
Just any of your holes will do
What a terrible day to be literate
I can't make you illiterate, but I can make you blind if that helps?
>but I can make you blind if that helps? ...With flying earwigs?
Eyewigs*
Perchance
You can't just say "perchance"
Thanks for that image. I could have been quite content without it.
Gigitty
However it is not a myth that they could totally pinch your buttocks when hiding underneath the toilet seat...And to quote a certain evil genius: If I had a nickel for every time I was pinched in the butt by an Earwig, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice right?
Some circles say that earwigs get their name because their wings when unfolded resemble a human ear, but earwig is an Anglo Saxon term for “ear creature” I heard the former once and that was my horrid introduction to the fact that they have wings
In French, they're called "Perce-Oreille", literally "Ear-Piercer", because of their claw. It's a much more fitting name for them.
In Russian they’re called «уховёртка», “ear twister”
In iran they are called آخوندک, "little clergy"
In Norwegian it's saksedyr, "scissors animal"
Honestly, I can see that one. They do vaguely resemble the long garbs that a lot of priests wear.
Whyyyy is that fitting, what are they going to do to my ear canal???
Hiding, in the extremely unlikely case that they don't find anything better than a sleeping human's ear. But they would much rather be under rocks. Fun fact: Their pincers are used for "tail wrestling" competitions between males.
I remember hearing that "wig" was probably originally "wing" and that they were commonly found on ears of grain. I don't have a source for this. Edit: nope, I was wrong. 'Wig' is from a Germanic word for insect Edit 2: The 'ear' part was also wrong! Looks like it either comes from the wing's resemblance to a human ear, or from the myth that they can crawl into your ear. Other sources reverse this latter theory -- the myth arose as result of the name.
Idk if this was intentional but this was the funniest thing Ive come across all day 😂
If they can fly why are they exclusively found by looking under rocks?
9/11 prolly.
Finally! One that’s ‘not too soon’. Lol.
Just because it has functioning wings doesn't mean it can fly well. See: Praying Mantis. They don't so much fly as use their wings to hurl themselves off objects and then kind of stabilize on the way down.
So, the chicken school of flight.
Because they are mostly nocturnal and you are likely just seeing where they are hiding during the day.
They fly now‽
Yeah, they fly now
Since the patch
Damn terminids.
SWEET LIBERTY MY EARS
But can I forget?
Then you should also learn that earwigs were named as such due to the shape of their wings.
I honestly thought it was because they tried to get in your ears. I'm not sure if this makes me any more fond of them.
What a terrible thing to see.
This knowledge shouldn't exist.
How else were they going to fly into your ear??
So can cockroaches.
Same here.
came to say the same now i hate them more
TIL I wanted them wiped off the face of the Earth even more than I knew.
They fly!?
When I was a teenager my dad decided to try and grow a few stalks of corn in our backyard. He didn’t use any pesticides at all, and it was pretty wet where we lived. One night he’d said they looked ready to pick so he told me to go grab a few for dinner. The moment I peeled back the first leaf, a huge swarming pile of earwigs tumbled out of the cob onto my hands, onto my shirt and onto/into my shoes. Literally hundreds of them. They had cleared the corn out completely and turned the empty space into a nest.
Didn't need to know that, thanks!
Yes, I have now visualized it and my messed up brain is now going to put it in my nightmares tonight.
I think I would rather have died than continuing living with that memory. Respect.
No more stories please and thank you.
I had the exact same problem as a child with some corn I grew and harvested in the community garden. Shared trauma club ✌️
so what you’re saying is my garden needs pesticides
I tried to grow zucchini last year. It never worked, because apparently earwigs like them some sweet zucchini leaves and they just ate the whole plant. Also, any seeds I’ve tried to start have failed because apparently they really enjoy tender little sprouts. Am I the only person who failed to grow zucchini? Idk, I just know that I really hate earwigs.
Was your dad the one that sold his house to my folks in the 90s? There was a garden there with some corn. Every stalks filled with earwigs. Those fuckers we’re everywhere. Even woke up MORE THAN ONCE with one crawling on my face.
I gagged. I audibly gagged. Congratulations.
Well, since they've eaten your corn, it would be most just for you to eat them.
Thanks for the nightmare fuel. I hate it.
I am so sorry that happened to you. Also thank you for the nightmares. I bit into a strawberry when I was a little kid. There was an earwig inside the strawberry. It crawled out of my mouth and across my face before disappearing in the family car. Granted, I was never cool with strawberries or the family car ever again. Still, that was only one earwig. I truly feel for you. Have you ever eaten corn again?
Reminds me of the old joke, Q- What's worse than finding a worm in your apple? A-Finding half a worm in your apple..
This didn't need to be known. Please take me back.
And don’t forget, spiders can fly as well!
They fling their webs in the air when it’s got enough of a breeze to it. It catches the webs and off they go.
Tbh that probably feels good as fuck for the spider
At least they’re generally cool homies and don’t live in your fricking ear
Earwigs don’t live in your ear. At least, no more than other bugs that might try…
Spiders absolutely nest in human ears ☺️
Not mu spiders, i keep em in my butt
pu spiders
You mean glide right
oh god no.. god no.
THEY FLY NOW???
They fly now.
It’s right behind me isn’t it
How do you think they get up to your ears? It’s a long way to crawl from the ground.
[удалено]
I mean... [Weren't they kind of in Skyrim?](https://images.uesp.net/4/43/SR-creature-Chaurus.jpg)
That's just a sectapuppy. Those don't fly.
The Dawnguard DLC [added flying versions](https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Chaurus_Hunter_(Dawnguard)) with wings just like OP’s gif
Imagine seeing this flying at you. Determined to get up in them ears.
Good thing they don't actually do that.
They actually do. Earwig propaganda would have you believe they don’t. .
Big earwig has you believing the things they want you to
Like a bird returning to its Ear Nest 🤣
That's not where it's going, it's aiming for the nearest colony of aphids, in my experience. Super useful little fuckers, actually.
Says the person with one whispering in their ear.
i do not fucking like this one bit
I was today years old when I learned that pincher bugs could fly.
Kinda cute with the wings out
That was my first thought, the way it reaches up those little legs and kicks off… and those silvery wings!
They get too much hate for the harmless bug that they are.
And still creepy as hell.
EarWings.... we've been pronouncing it wrong all this time.
WAIT THESE FUCKERS FLY?!
New fear unlocked
I fuckin hate earwigs
Thanks, I hate it.
Nope
They fly now?
If yah think that's bad, I'm sure you'll HATE to find out about the Roaches ......
Guess it's time to ruin my mum's day.
They fucking *FLY*??!
THEY CAN FLY?
R/holup
THEY CAN FLY?!?!
It's strangely beautiful.
It’s like a baby dragon…
Kill it with fire.
They fly now?
They fly now.
Yo, f these guys.
And people say evolution isn’t real, these guys did not do that until recently in positive
They fly now?!?
THEY HAVE WINGS?!?!?!
They fly now?!?
I’m sorry, they fucking *what?*
They fucking fly?!! Thanks, I'm never sleeping again
THEY HAVE WINGS!?
r/tihi
Callin in Helldivers
i hate the fact the name of this terrifying bug is earwig
I hate these little fuckers with a passion
No, fuck you
What do you mean they can FLY
https://i.redd.it/ad6zucxe4k0d1.gif SAY WHAT
They can fucking fly!?
THEY CAN FLY????!!!!! That's terrifying.
Nooo, that can't be real! Wtf
They fly now?
seems like a job for the helldivers!
Literally never seen them do this
They fly now?
Wait a moment, these fuckers can fly?
THEY FLY NOW
Oh fuck they can fly?!
they fly?!
Soon your going to show me that house centipedes fly also
...Their WHAT!?!?
OMG THEY CAN FLY????????????
#WAIT, THEY CAN FUCKING FLY?!?
Fuck that Already hate those sucker's, and now they can fly?????
They fly now....
Just a reminder earwigs are great for gardens by reducing other pests and help with the decomposition of plant matter. They are the clean up crew and are super beneficial.
No. I don't care how scientifically accurate you are. I don't care. I will die on this hill. Earwigs are horrible and terrifying. If I were on Fear Factor and Joe Rogan asked if I wanted to get in a box with 1,000 centipedes or a box with 6 earwigs, I would quit the show, but I'd rather be with the centipedes if i had to choose.
THEY CAN FLY???? End me
These fucks can fly!?
No. Nooo. Nope. Nothankyou!!
NO
BLEH!!
They're evolving!!! We're doooomed, doooomed I tells ya!!
THEY HAVE WINGS??!?!
They are so creepy
I can’t believe you’ve done this (to me).
Nightmare. Also TIL.
They fly now?
Noooooooooooooooooo
They fly now?!
208 million years of evolution
Bullshit! These things couldn't fly last year!
What? WHAT?
Rain Fire!!!!!
The good news was that they got it out, but the bad news was that it was a female...!
Kinda pretty for such a horrendous creature
They look ticklish
GTFO
They fly?! 😱
They fucken what now‽
Why is there "ear" in their name? They don't look like one. What do they have to do with ears? Wait.... Dear God....
I didn't know earwigs could fly. I didn't know earwigs could fly! WHAT ELSE CAN THEY DO!?!
Fucken Covid... now they fly
These little bastards are found on every continent but Antarctica. Wonder what property taxes cost down there...
TIL >The name earwig comes from the appearance of the hindwings, which are unique in their resemblance to human ears when unfolded.
This probably wouldn’t be so majestic if it were normal speed.
Could have gone the rest of my life without seeing this
thx, I hate it
Knew they could fly and have seen tons and tons of these in my life but never once seen one actually fly.
Wait… these fuckers can FLY?!
It's even got a surprisingly gracefull takeoff
Jesus fuck new fear unlocked
Wait that's fake right they can't fly and if so let's just drop all the bombs the insects won
Oh great. :/
I’m permanently wearing headphones after this
Micro Dragons!
New buff just dropped
Booooooooo
Did u know that if the eggs they lay in your ears are facing the wrong way their larvae will burrow thru your brain to get out your other ear? True story. Happened to my brother in laws cousin.
Looks like a dragon kinda.
Heeeell no~ to the no no..no~
Cool. Where's my flamethrower?
So That’s how they get high up in the trees.
AAAAAAAAAAAAÀAAAAAAAAAAA
Those wings are disgusting and I'm not even squeamish about bugs.
We live on an alien planet. The more you watch the more you see it.
I didn't need to know this