Earwigs can be friend or foe, depending upon how many are in your garden. Earwigs prefer to eat dead plants, aphids, spiders, insect eggs, and sometimes slugs and snails. They are beneficial for ...

If you’ve recently spent any time outdoors — or indoors, depending on your location — then odds are you’ve noticed an overabundance of one of the creepiest, albeit mostly harmless, insects in the U.S.