On 7/6/2011 7:35 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
> Dave > wrote:
>
>> On 05/07/2011 9:32 PM, Cheryl wrote:
>>> Can I just eat them? No answer required. I sat here reading the group
>>> and reading a book and kept feeling a pinch on my shoulder. Felt like a
>>> bug bite but I couldn't find a bug. Finally after about 4 bites I found
>>> the culprit in my shirt. Some little 1/4" thing with what must be
>>> mandibles to match. I sliced it in half with my fingernails and damned
>>> if the thing wasn't still moving.
>>
>> Earwig?
>
> I've never been pinched by one-- but apparently they will if trapped.
> That would be my bet, too, if the pinchers were so pronounced.

Ugh, there have been a ton of them this year. Two were having a
race across my living room ceiling the other day. They creep me out.
They look like they pinch and like they could run forwards or
backwards. They're as bad as the stink bugs.

nancy