Few people are fond of earwigs, with their menacing abdominal pincers—whether they’re skittering across your floor, getting comfy in the folds of your camping tent or minding their own business.

Few people are fond of earwigs, with their menacing abdominal pincers—whether they’re skittering across your floor, getting comfy in the folds of your camping tent, or minding their own business.

Earwigs like our lettuce. My wife has found many of them when she’s plucked the plants from our garden and washed off the leaves in the sink. She does not like insects, especially in the house. There ...