2006-07-05 05:47:48 · 8 answers · asked by Teddy Bear M 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
I'm sure if you lie down and they happen to be crawling around, they "might" find their way into your ear, but they are not drawn in there through any scientific means.
2006-07-05 05:52:45 · answer #1 · answered by toram23901 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earwigs don't "go" into your ears, they may "get" (or be put by an evil sibling) into your ears but it isn't a choice by the insect (genetic predisposition, I mean, obviously)
Humans have evolved from apes, and have thus had many experiences with situations where insects could have got into ears. That is pretty much the entire purpose of earwax - it reacts when a foreign body is inserted into the ear, and would trap an insect in the outer ear before it could go into the ear canal.
Here's why it is called an earwig: -
The name "earwig" is generally said to originate from an old European belief that earwigs crawl into people's ears and lay eggs in the brain. This etymology is given by the Oxford English Dictionary, which states unequivocally that the name is derived from Old English éare, "ear", and wicga, "insect", "from the notion that it penetrates into the head through the ear." Earwigs do tend to prefer being in hidden places, and this etymology parallels the unambiguous French name perce-oreille ("ear piercer"). Another hypothesis is that the word comes from the Late Latin auricula, owing to the ancient use of pulverized earwigs as medicine to treat diseases of the ear. A third explanation is that it is an alteration of "ear-wing", after the shape of the hind wings when unfolded.
The real name for the "earwig order" of insects is Dermaptera. Useless bit of info for you there. :)
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Ooh and I just found this: -
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/insects/bugear.asp
2006-07-05 13:00:56 · answer #2 · answered by Splatt 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. If you don't get them out right away, they will lay eggs in your brain.
2006-07-05 12:52:23 · answer #3 · answered by presidentofallantarctica 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no,there arent many insects that will go into your ear ,thats why we have ear wax.
2006-07-05 12:51:55 · answer #4 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'd put them on your back, you may fly better
2006-07-05 13:03:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i don't know but everyone else is saying no so....no
2006-07-05 12:52:22 · answer #6 · answered by Babe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-07-05 12:51:03 · answer #7 · answered by Zephyr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-07-05 12:50:34 · answer #8 · answered by cheeri_star 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋