Earwigs Don't Live or Crawl in Ears The earwig gets its name from an old European myth that says that the bugs crawl into people's ears and tunnel into their brains while they sleep, causing fever ...

Adds Ruiz, "Theoretically, it's possible for an earwig to crawl into an ear. However, since your ears lack food, moisture and ...

These are the insects about which misconceptions abound.It sometimes ... In reality, documented occurrences of earwigs in human ears are exceptionally rare; I could find only a single report after ...