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So I've become fascinated with Dermaptera and have been planning on keeping some earwigs of my own. Do they need any specialized care requirements? And can I keep more than one in the same container?
Nice! What kind of substrate?Keep them just like roaches, except that you have to have substrate of some sort (not an option like with roaches). They eat just about anything it seems, and you will have more than you know what to do with.
Well from what I've learned, earwigs will eat anything. I also hear they're more of a pest out on the West coast as opposed to here in the East.Yeah they're another "pest" species. In my garden they even eat what they aren't supposed to eat and their favorite plant to munch can change yearly.
Sure it's not babies with their momma? She looks after the young.I think they most reproduce better in a humid environment. While gardening or digging for other bugs you can find them in large balls of individuals buried slightly beneath the ground. I don't know if this is communal activity or breeding activity though.
that would make sense. i dont think they're incredibly gregarious with each otherIt is highly possible, but I've seen them balled up in large numbers of what I thought were adults in dry soil. Maybe a humidity thing?