ugh, found an earwig in my mug

[dochawk]

I have lived here for 75 years and have never seen or heard of them previously.

Further proof that they're in your ear, blocking their own sound . . .

So, the brushes on the first ones put in came out with yucky brown on them,

I've always just used qtips to swab out the inside.

 

[Tobor_8thMan]

IDK, I keep, unfortunately, thinking of the insects Kahn put into the ears of the Enterprise crew in the "Wrath of Kahn" movie. I know earwigs are not the same, but...