These are the insects about which misconceptions abound.It sometimes seems that the majority of the most widely known insect facts aren't facts at all. So I wrote The Earwig's Tail, which describes my ...

The earwig is a type of insect. Its name derives from a folklore myth that the earwig crawls into the ears of sleeping people, where it lays eggs. However, there is no proof to the claim ...

Earwigs help to keep a garden tidy by eating dead leaves and plants. They have tiny wings, but hardly ever fly. Stag beetles look fierce, but they only eat nectar and rotting fruit. They buzz ...