Earwig

These are nocturnal creatures which like dark damp places. The mother earwig hatches out a brood of baby earwigs from the eggs she lays. She then looks after them for the first few weeks of their lives.

Earwigs hibernate in the winter.

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Earwigs eat :
dead plant material and other insects.

Earwigs are eaten by :
birds, hedgehogs, frogs and badgers.

Group: Insecta