"If you see an occasional earwig among your plants, there is no need to panic," says Emma Grace Crumbley, an entomologist at Mosquito Squad. "In small numbers, they are actually beneficial ...

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The bug's pinchers could cause a small amount of pain, but Hood said the bug isn't "know to vector any human based diseases." Hood said that earwigs thrive in humid, wet and moist areas.