No, earwigs do not go in your ears. "[They'd] rather dig around your garden than dig around your ear canal," says Crumbley. Adds Ruiz, "Theoretically, it's possible for an earwig to crawl into an ear.

Q: I found an earwig in my clothing. How big a risk is it that this would have gone into my ear and then into my brain? A: Earwigs are pretty ubiquitous, being found all over the world ...

Earwigs can bite people, but they rarely do. ... Earwigs don’t feed on the human brain or lay eggs in your ear canal. ... such as diatomaceous earth, glass cleaner, black or red pepper, READ MORE.

Writing in American Entomologist in 2007, decorated University of Illinois insect ecologist May Berenbaum noted that although there are case reports of earwigs found in people’s ears, they’re ...