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I live in NC, and everywhere i turn around are these little brown bugs with little pinchers on their ends. What are they?? Why so many? Its ridiculous!!!

2006-06-07 13:48:20 · 11 answers · asked by ncbutterfly_20 2 in Home & Garden Other - Home & Garden

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Earwigs, my kids call them pincher bugs and run fake screaming from the site, Earwigs like this wet nasty weather we are having on the East coast. I live in Massachusetts and I cannot line dry my clothes this season because my line is partly under a Maple tree and the earwigs drop into my clean laundry. I am stuck with the clothes dryer for the season.
NO, they don't crawl in your ears at night!!!
That is every kids way of scaring the younger sibling, it is an urban myth! Bugsie.

2006-06-07 13:57:43 · answer #1 · answered by bugsie 7 · 0 0

i visit’t see if very obviously, even with the undeniable fact that i ought to guess it really is interior the kin of the girl computer virus. I doubt it really is a tick, even with the undeniable fact that, if it has 8 legs, as adversarial to 6 it really is a tick, and also you want to examine your pets and your self for ticks. It maximum probably isn’t risky, and if it has wings it maximum probably ended up on your mattress as a manufactured from flying poorly. Don’t hassle, once you've in straightforward words considered one it really is not any huge deal. in case you get fairly some insects on your mattress, positioned your mattress and container spring out interior the daylight for some hours. in the adventure that they are flying insects then a mosquito internet is a good concept.

2016-12-06 11:50:49 · answer #2 · answered by burket 3 · 0 0

I used to live in N.C. ( Charlotte ), how 'bout you? And lived in S.C. and now live in Florida. If you really wanna see some odd looking bugs, just come down here!!! Everything from black widow spiders, brown recluse spiders ( both poisonous) to mosquitoes, silver fish, cock roaches, big, big, versions of cockroaches, 'no see-ums' which bite like crazy, u name it, we got it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At any rate, I would look up the web site the one person told you to - can't remember what it was - something like bug.com, lol, but good luck, and when you find out what they are, please tell us!!! --Lauren

2006-06-07 14:02:38 · answer #3 · answered by laurelf 3 · 0 0

I live in NC also but not aware of the insect you are referring to..can you send a pic?

2006-06-07 13:50:35 · answer #4 · answered by miss_chrissy_dawn 4 · 0 0

They are Cockchafers (Maybugs) quite harmless.
They should come out in may but there all little bit later this year cause us humans have wrecked the eco system

2006-06-07 13:52:45 · answer #5 · answered by ladybirdgirll 2 · 0 0

Hey - we had those here in Indianapolis last year......first time I ever saw them, but it was late summer - like end of September - but they were everywhere it seemed. Very icky - didn't even like going outside with them around.

2006-06-07 13:51:41 · answer #6 · answered by unsersmyboy 4 · 0 0

Earwigs?

See this site:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/2709

2006-06-07 13:51:34 · answer #7 · answered by zen 7 · 0 0

I see them to in my house their called Silverfish

2006-06-07 13:52:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

i don't now but can u send a pic

2006-06-07 14:01:00 · answer #9 · answered by Elayne 1 · 0 0

I need more info. to answer you're ques.

2006-06-07 13:51:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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