Their short flight drops them to the ground where they then seek the proper conditions for the king and queen to start a small brood chamber in the soil. The swarmers are often confused with winged ants. Earwigs were named by a superstition that the insect would crawl purposely in the ears of sleeping people. More easily recognized by its forceps-like tail appendage, the earwig is a major garden pest, as well as an annoying household pest. It is one of the few insects that takes care of its young.
Earwigs feed on green plants, and other vegetation, and do little damage indoors.
The tan house cricket is found in warm, damp, dark places such as shrubs, grass, basements or crawl spaces. Active mostly at night,they will eat almost anything they can chew from rugs to drapes, and they usually enter a building from harborage right outside. Pill bugs are found in lawn turf, under leaves or other moist areas of decaying vegetable matter. Extremes of wet, dry, or hot weather drives them inside, where they do no damage but are an annoyance. Mole Crickets live in the soil and feed on grass stolens and roots.