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Old wives tale?
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Do earwigs actually go into people's ears? Our garden seems to be earwig HQ at the moment, they are every flipping where and I really don't like them. Also, do they bite?
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Ah I see - you haven't copied the http:// bit so it's not the full link.
One of my least favourite insects too. Fortunately don't see them very often.
earwig noun an insect with pincers at the end of its body. earwigging noun, colloq a scolding.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon eare ear + wicga insect: this insect was formerly thought to crawl into a person's head through the ear.
earwig noun an insect with pincers at the end of its body. earwigging noun, colloq a scolding.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon eare ear + wicga insect: this insect was formerly thought to crawl into a person's head through the ear.