Regardless of how fearsome an earwig looks, this little fellow really can’t hurt you. Sure, they’ll use those forceps they have. They’re called “caudal forceps” or cerci, (pinchers) for short, and they’re used for grasping food, defense, probing crevices, and folding and unfolding their wings. Earwigs might be an inch or longer, the larger ones are usually males. They go …
