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9/11/2006 8:40:40 AM EDT
Can anyone tell me the name of this insect (its about .5 to .75 inches long):



9/11/2006 8:41:22 AM EDT
[#1]
Earwig
9/11/2006 8:45:48 AM EDT
[#2]

Quoted:
Earwig



Thanks.
9/11/2006 8:47:31 AM EDT
[#3]
Yep, don't let it near you while you are sleeping....crawls in your ear and sets up shop.
9/11/2006 8:49:01 AM EDT
[#4]
I always called them horny butts.

I started calling them that when I was 5 and had no idea what horny ment.
9/11/2006 8:49:48 AM EDT
[#5]

Quoted:
Yep, don't let it near you while you are sleeping....crawls in your ear and sets up shop.


That is a myth.
9/11/2006 12:51:45 PM EDT
[#6]
When I was little, we used to call them "stinkbugs" here in Florida.  FWIW ours were a LOT bigger than .5"-.75".  Easily 1"-1-1/4".  

Stay safe
9/11/2006 12:54:19 PM EDT
[#7]
When I was little, we used to call them "stinkbugs" here in Florida.  FWIW ours were a LOT bigger than .5"-.75".  Easily 1"-1-1/4".  

http://whatsthatbug.com/earwig.html

Stay safe
9/11/2006 12:55:10 PM EDT
[#8]
We get those little buggers all the time around our house.
9/11/2006 12:59:14 PM EDT
[#9]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Yep, don't let it near you while you are sleeping....crawls in your ear and sets up shop.


That is a myth.


The pincers are for tearing off and eating pieces of your brain after it crawls in your ear.
9/11/2006 1:06:32 PM EDT
[#10]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:
Yep, don't let it near you while you are sleeping....crawls in your ear and sets up shop.


That is a myth.


The pincers are for tearing off and eating pieces of your brain after it crawls in your ear.


IT'S A ZOMBIE BUG!  OMGWTFBBQ KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!!!!!
9/11/2006 2:00:59 PM EDT
[#11]
Pincherbug!

KIWF!!!!
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