Ridder Pest Control

COMMON PESTS - Earwig

Characteristics

Brown to black with pincers on rear

Pest

Size

1/4" - 1" (6-25mm)

Location

Beneath stones, logs, sidewalks, debris, in moist shady places.

Food

Living or dead insects. Live or decaying vegetation.

Life Stages

N/A

Damage

May damage plants outdoors

Comments

A nuisance; may enter homes, but does no damage indoors.

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