Hello Everyone.
They have a frightful appearance, recklessly race about and if you get close enough, they're rather foul smelling. The forceps on their rear end can be painful when used and though not much more than 1/2 inch in length they certainly are not the type of insect one can easily ignore despite their diminutive size.
If you are already squirming in your chair you must be an adult, since earwigs cause many of us to cringe. Now, my 3 3/4-year-old daughter Neva recently met her first earwig under rather unusual circumstances.
For those of you already too squeamish, you may want to skip this part. The earwig you see, somehow found its way deep into Neva's ear. Perhaps it was Neva's screaming for 20 minutes that caused the earwig to pinch her eardrum. In any event, it came, it explored, it bit her, and it left the same way it came.
After all that and the trip to the doctor's office, you would think that Neva would be terrified to even go outside. As I said before, most adults get a little queasy at the mere mention of them and I expected Neva, after her experience, to be terrified. But she wasn't and isn't. In fact, it is her latest must-tell story and with each telling, I am left feeling a little weaker in the knees.
Happy sweeping,
Bob Gunther
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