WTF is this thing?!?

[ratski]

Looks like those things they put in people's ears in The Wrath Of Khan.

Gotta agree with this.

Dave

 

[Okie4570]

Gotta agree with this.

Dave

That's the first thing I thought of too......................

 

[farmerbyron]

Got bad news bro. It is definitely a baby body snatching alien.

 

[0311]

Earwig. They CAN get in your ear and cause big problems.

 

[pinkhamr]

I asked Ron (ridurall on OSA) about this earlier. Yep. he is into Pest Control!

"Yes most definitely is an earwig. They normally live in decayed leaf matter and damp junk but this guy must have screwed up and accidently gotten inside and died from the residual poison or someone stepped on him. They are considered occasional invaders and not something that pest control guys bother to spray for. In other words they do
n’t set up housekeeping or are considered a commensal pest that lives with man. (like a cockroach) Also those things that look like pincers on the back of them can’t pinch or hurt you in anyway and they do not go in ears and lay eggs, EVER!" -- Ron


http://www.okshooters.com/member.php?2693-ridurall

 

[AKguy1985]

Looks like an earwig to me.

 

[0311]

I asked Ron (ridurall on OSA) about this earlier. Yep. he is into Pest Control!

"Yes most definitely is an earwig. They normally live in decayed leaf matter and damp junk but this guy must have screwed up and accidently gotten inside and died from the residual poison or someone stepped on him. They are considered occasional invaders and not something that pest control guys bother to spray for. In other words they do
n’t set up housekeeping or are considered a commensal pest that lives with man. (like a cockroach) Also those things that look like pincers on the back of them can’t pinch or hurt you in anyway and they do not go in ears and lay eggs, EVER!" -- Ron


http://www.okshooters.com/member.php?2693-ridurall

A pt presented to the ER in Tishomingo a dozen years ago with one of those in his ear, and the ER doc literally jumped when he saw it in there. The earwig tried to escape by going more deeply into the ear. Getting it out was no mean task. And it came out in pieces.

 

[BadgeBunny]

That's IT, Hump!! Raya's coming to live with me!! It's for her safety and protection ... You, sir, are on your own!

 

[turkeyrun]

That's exactly what it is! Keep it out of your ears or your wife will have complete mind control!

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!! 1 must have already gotten into my ear.

 

[swampratt]

There are about 1800 species of Earwigs or Dermaptera.. so this article states.
http://www.tolweb.org/Dermaptera