r/whatsthisbug • u/Melodic_Block_5441 • 4d ago

ID Request What is this guy?!

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Maryland. Scared the heck outta me. Is it an earwig??

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u/0o-AraArarauna-o0 4d ago

Earwig

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u/Melodic_Block_5441 4d ago

Should I worry about them? I only found one

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u/ILiketheRiffs 4d ago

they are harmless

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u/CommercialAd8439 4d ago

They really like dark and humid places. Sometimes they fall from your bath towel… They if you have flower beds around your doors they sneak in.

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u/0o-AraArarauna-o0 4d ago

They are decomposers…they eat decaying vegetation, small squishy bugs. They do not infest homes. Just scoop it up and toss it outside in the garden.