cycle of earwigs
Earwigs mate in the fall and males and females usually spend the winter together in specially constructed nests. In early spring, females force the males out and then lay eggs.
- Female earwigs are very maternal, which is unusual for insects.
- They guard and protect their eggs and newly hatched young.
- Eggs hatch in about a week.
- Earwig nymphs emerge from nests sometime from late May to early June.
- They mature into adults in late June or early July and are active through fall.
