Next time your pupils discover an earwig in your school grounds, be prepared to share some amazing earwig facts with them. Check out this great Field Studies Council article (24 August 2022). Uncover some earwig myths (they don’t crawl into your ear), some facts (they make great parents) and watch how their amazing wings unfold (a miracle of engineering).
And did you know, baby earwigs are called ‘wiglets’?
