tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512356822916609819.post2337221912187719803..comments2024-01-09T23:14:55.682+00:00Comments on JJ's Photographic nature blog: Do Earwigs crawl into your ears and eat your brains?JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07910443806244769469noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512356822916609819.post-4678981709500621332012-07-07T10:03:10.671+01:002012-07-07T10:03:10.671+01:00Apologies-that should have read 'also'Apologies-that should have read 'also'JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910443806244769469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512356822916609819.post-66241389303016242852012-07-07T10:02:18.529+01:002012-07-07T10:02:18.529+01:00Thank-you for this information. I perhaps should h...Thank-you for this information. I perhaps should have been more precise then? I was given to understand in all the literature I've read that they are not parasitic but you are obviously better informed. The point I was trying to make however was that they would not lay eggs in a human ear etc.I alos THINK I'm right in saying that there are no British parasitic earwigs.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910443806244769469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512356822916609819.post-40443340138849676182012-07-07T07:56:45.957+01:002012-07-07T07:56:45.957+01:00Actually, some earwigs *are* parasitic. More speci...Actually, some earwigs *are* parasitic. More specifically, those of the sub-orders Arixeniina and Hemimerina. However, they are ectoparasites (so their larvae would not be born within another organism) of bats and rodents in parts of Asia and Ethiopia. They also lack the well-developed cerci of the more typical earwigs. But they are parasitic.Marisanonoreply@blogger.com