Stephen Dalton / Common earwigs (Forficula auricularia) pair, male (left) and female (right), UK

Stephen Dalton / Earwig (Labidura riparia) on daisy flower. England, UK

Stephen Dalton / Earwig {Labidura riparia} about to drop from yellow Iris flower, UK

Ernie Janes / Common earwig (Forficula auricularia) close up of pincers

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Native earwig (Carcinophora species) William Bay National Park, Western Australia. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Native earwig (Carcinophora species) composite of side and top view, William Bay National Park, Western Australia. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Emanuele Biggi / Earwig (Arixenia sp), an ectoparasite that feeds exclusively on the dead skin of bats. Deer Cave, Gunung Mulu National Park, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Steve Downer / Earwig (Forficula auricularia) female grooming foot on leaf. UK. May.

Kim Taylor / Common earwig (Forficula auricularia) closeup of head. Surrey, England, September. Digitally manipulated.

Kim Taylor / Common earwig (Forficula auricularia) female portrait. Surrey, England, November.

Ingo Arndt / Common earwig (Forficula auricularia) eating dead male Winter moth (Operophtera brumata), Germany

John Abbott / Lesser earwig (Labia minor) male, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA September

John Abbott / Lesser earwig (Labia minor) on white background male, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA September

MYN / Javier Aznar / Earwig (Dermaptera) cloud forest, Mashpi, Ecuador. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Javier Aznar / Earwig (Dermaptera) cloud forest, Mashpi, Ecuador. Meetyourneighbours.net project

John Abbott / Ring-legged earwig (Euborellia annulipes) Texas, USA, December.

John Abbott / Ring-legged earwig (Euborellia annulipes) Texas, USA, December.

Pascal Pittorino / Common earwig / European earwig (Forficula auricularia) feeding on Common hedge parsley (Torilis arvensis) flowers, in an organic garden, Var, Provence, France, June.

Pascal Pittorino / Common earwig / European earwig (Forficula auricularia) feeding on Common hedge parsley (Torilis arvensis) flowers, in an organic garden, Var, Provence, France, June.

Alex Hyde / Common Earwig male (Forficula auricularia) on plant stem at night. Derbyshire, UK. August.

John Abbott / European Earwig (Forficula auricularia) female nymph, North Pole, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA, July.

John Abbott / Ringlegged Earwig (Euborellia annulipes) Bruce Moring Ecolab, Edwards County, Texas, USA.

MYN / Niall Benvie / Common earwig (Labidura riparia), Scotland, UK, May meetyourneighbours.net project

Andy Sands / Common earwig (Forficula auricularia) in defensive posture on Oak leaf. Captive. UK, August.

Andy Sands / Common earwig (Forficula auricularia) on Oak leaf. Captive. UK, August.

Stephen Dalton / Earwig {Labidura riparia} climbing out of yellow Iris flower, UK

Stephen Dalton / Common earwig (Forficula auricularia) portrait, UK

Stephen Dalton / Close up of rear pincers of Earwig {Labidura riparia} on Iris flower, UK

Stephen Dalton / Earwig {Labidura riparia} on yellow Iris flower, UK

Stephen Dalton / Earwig {Labidura riparia} on yellow Iris flower, UK

Stephen Dalton / Earwig {Labidura riparia} climbing out of yellow Iris flower, UK

Stephen Dalton / Common earwig (Forficula auricularia) on yellow petal, UK

Stephen Dalton / Common earwig (Forficula auricularia) cleaning antenna, UK

Stephen Dalton / Jumping spider (Evarcha arcuata) with earwig prey, UK

Niall Benvie / MYN / Common earwig {Forficula auricularia} female, Scotland, UK

Kim Taylor / Common Earwig (Forficula auricularia) female guarding eggs and newly-hatched young. Surrey, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Common earwig {Forficula auricularia} pair courting, female above male, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Common earwig {Forficula auricularia} feeding on Buttercup flower, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Sand earwig {Labidura riparia} in desert, Arizona USA

Nature Production / Hump Earwig {Anechura harmandi} female watching over larvae hatching, Japan

Nature Production / Earwig {Labidura riparia} protecting its young from an ant, Japan

Nature Production / Maritime / Seaside Earwig {Anisolabis maritima} female, Japan

Kim Taylor / Common Earwig {Forficula auricularia} female, Surrey, England.

Kim Taylor / Earwig {Forficula auricularia} female guarding eggs. UK.

Duncan Mcewan / Common earwig on rotten wood {Forficula auricularia} Scotland, UK.

Philippe Clement / Common earwig {Forficula auricularia} Belgium

Kim Taylor / Common earwig female {Forficula auricularia} guarding eggs, UK.

Kim Taylor / Common Earwig (Forficula auricularia) male. UK, Captive

Kim Taylor / Common Earwig (Forficula auricularia) female guarding her young and eggs. UK

Duncan Mcewan / Common earwig (Forficula auricularia). England, UK, Europe

John B Free / Earwig eggs and newly hatched babies.(Forficula auricularia) England.

John B Free / Female Earwig with young. (Forficula auricularia)

Nature Production / Earwig {Labidura riparia} female protecting larva from ant, Japan

Nigel Cattlin / Earwig (Forficula auricularia) nympth of fruit tree pest predator on an apple leaf, Devon, England, UK, July

Nigel Cattlin / Earwig (Forficula auricularia) nympth of fruit tree pest predator on an apple leaf, Devon, England, UK, July

Nigel Cattlin / Ripe discovery apple eaten from the inside by wasps (Vespula vulgaris) and earwigs (Forficula sp.) Berkshire, England, UK, August leaving mummified skin on the tree.