Feed mainly on clothing and carpet. Also eat papers, cotton, linen and proteins. Cause damage to clothing by feeding on cotton and linen. Wingless with flattened body. Found almost everywhere.
Earwigs are primarily scavengers and feed on dead plant and animal material.
Most active at night, during the day they seek shelter under stones, boards and debris. Readily recognizable by the forceps-like appendages at the end of the abdomen. SOW BUGS Sow bugs are closely related to shrimps and crayfish more so than insects. Feed on decaying vegetable matter. They frequently invade damp basement and crawlspace areas.