When Northland ear specialist Marg Hunt was driving ... to do it safely and hygienically, so that there's no trauma to the person and that bug is completely removed and that the skin is checked ...

The ecological scavengers of the insect world ... And contrary to an old wives’ tale, there is no additional risk of earwigs crawling into one’s ear. While quite harmless, an earwig might ...

Yager, D. D. and R. R. Hoy (1986) The Cyclopean Ear: A New Sense for the Praying Mantis. Science 231:727‑729. Triblehorn, J. D. et al. (2008) Free-flight encounters between praying mantids ...