英语词汇“earwig”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

“Who wanted to eat a lobster or a crab? Why not a stinkbug or an earwig?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

But then there was Carly, looking down at her like she was an earwig. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

‘You is hearing only thumping loud noises with those little earwigs of yours. But I am hearing all the secret whisperings of the world!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The opening alone is a hoot and a half: A giant galleon heaving and bucking across a storm-tossed desert, captained by a worried-looking Ron Perlman and pursued beneath the sand by the aforementioned earwig. ‘Monster Hunter’ Review: Beasts of Boredom 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z

We had to put a tiny radio earwig in his ear, so that he could hear the playback on the song and sing along with it. Breaking Down the 'Breaking Bad' Finale With Vince Gilligan 2010-06-14T12:23:00Z

Somebody who seems nice in a room full of MPs does not necessarily shine in a box full of earwigs. What should Nadine Dorries do next? 2012-11-22T14:03:04Z

Which is why, as Nike reaches its golden anniversary, it’s worth considering how the swoosh became the branding earwig of the millennium, tunneling into our brains to colonize our imaginations. How Nike Won the Cultural Marathon 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z

“Monster Hunter” — 80 percent monsters, 20 percent hunter — proves definitively that neither gaping wounds nor a gargantuan armored earwig can stop Milla Jovovich. ‘Monster Hunter’ Review: Beasts of Boredom 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z

Fill the cardboard core with large-diameter straws and place it under a plant where you see earwig damage. 9 Garden Fixes From the Kitchen 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

Designed expressly for people who are afraid that while they’re asleep — or, who knows, in the middle of the day — “ear-spiders, earwigs and other creepy ear dwellers” will take up residence in their ear canals. Style Invitational Week 1384: Of course there are stupid questions! 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

They asked for earwigs, but earwigs won’t infest in that way, it’s not in their nature. 'Make sure they don't eat the set!' Movie animal trainers' tips 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z

“They eat other bugs. So we take care of ants, earwigs” and other insects, “and by getting rid of the food sources, we also get rid of the spiders.” Too many spiders? It’s just a cosmetic issue. 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z

I poked earwigs out of holes in the garden. ‘My parents’ life was a charade. Mum hated every minute of it’ 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z

"Parental care has marked impacts on immunity and microbiome, such as the transfer of core microbes essential for offspring survival as observed in earwigs, burying beetles, African clawed frogs and mice," the authors write. The key to a tiny bee's health is having a good mom, study finds 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z

A: Go out with your flashlight at night, and I can almost guarantee you that you’ll find earwigs are the culprits. A Ciscoe Morris Q&A on some standout summertime flowers 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z

An actor who traveled with the star fed his dialogue through an earpiece, known in the industry as an “earwig,” according to several sources. Frustrating, little-known disorder in spotlight after Bruce Willis' aphasia diagnosis 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

The giant bee deserves to be here, with its comically large jawline, just like the everyday earwigs, crickets, and moths. The parable of the world’s largest bee 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

An actor who traveled with Willis would feed the star his lines through an earpiece, known in the industry as an “earwig,” according to several sources. Concerns about Bruce Willis' declining cognitive state swirled around sets in recent years 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z

His AI system never spotted a murder hornet, but it did catch plenty of wasps and earwigs sneaking into his hives — a modest but important step for no-code. ‘No code’ brings the power of AI to the masses 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z

Canned fish-flavored cat food has the same effect on earwigs that a Brussels sprouts casserole has on me: It drives them crazy with desire. A Ciscoe Morris Q&A on some standout summertime flowers 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z

The best remedy for earwigs is to trap them when they are active at night, Wilen said. Your spring garden is candy to pests. Stop them before they start munching 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z

Using 12 earwigs and 12 sandhoppers, the team investigated how infected insects differed from the uninfected. First the Worm Gets in the Bug’s Head. Then the Bug Drowns Itself. 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z

Key players include slugs, spider mites, earwigs, powdery mildew and botrytis. 10 tips for growing successful dahlias 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z

Woodlice, earthworms, earwigs: a seething Serengeti lurks in many a back garden. A saga of extinction, Tesla in his time, and explorations under the surface of skin: Books in brief 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z

Spiders, on the whole, are beneficial: they feed on less pleasant insects such as roaches, earwigs, flies and clothes moths, and they rarely bite. With Bugs, You’re Never Home Alone 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z

You will likely find plenty of earwigs that crawled inside to hide during the day. Your spring garden is candy to pests. Stop them before they start munching 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z

For instance, 23 percent of the proteins that changed in sandhoppers were involved in energy regulation and metabolism, and 39 percent in earwigs. First the Worm Gets in the Bug’s Head. Then the Bug Drowns Itself. 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z

Now he’s using the alliterative phrases that are speechwriters’ earwigs, as in calling for “a renewal of will, a rediscovery of resolve and a rebirth of devotion.” Opinion | The most surprising thing about Trump’s U.N. speech 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z

Not even deer eat them, but their one nemesis is earwigs. How a dab of canned cat food protects your dazzling dahlias 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

Other than maybe self-service checkouts, earwigs and people who put their bags on the empty seat on a busy bus. Glastonbury 2016: Kamasi Washington's funky Sunday service, howling Hinds and the rest of today's music – live 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z

“There may very well be more earwigs tucked away in the corn, but we are just now beginning to peel back the layers of this massive rule.” U.S. Issues Final Offshore Drilling Rules 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

Blown-in cellulose insulation made from 100-percent-recycled newspaper and treated with borates for fire-resistance and protection against insects is labeled by the Environmental Protection Agency for effectiveness against termites, cockroaches, ants, earwigs and many other pests. Fill in the gaps with the right old-home insulation | HomeWork 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z

From looking only at the long, hairy ‘virga’ of the male Euborellia plebeja earwig, for example, it would be easy to assume it was an efficient tool for removing a competitor’s sperm. Biased biology: the case of the missing vaginas : Nature News Blog 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z

Were there many ants, beetles, earwigs and/or other bugs—or things that looked like bugs? Species Science: Exploring Bug Biodiversity 2013-08-01T14:45:00.533Z

Male earwigs fight one another when foraging, so the researchers staged battles between males. Observatory: Dueling Earwigs Find Advantage in Asymmetrical Forceps 2012-08-20T22:26:44Z

I was finally given a radio, but I wasn't shown how to use it, so I had to earwig on someone else who was having a lesson. The secret security guard: G4S is the Millwall of the Olympics 2012-07-31T16:37:15Z

The earwigs is dreadful; wherever there 's roses and sweetbrier there's no livin' with them. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z

Skeleton leaves, twigs, dead flies, mummied earwigs began to drop down in all directions. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z

The earwigs, cockroaches and locusts, which Linnaeus included among the Coleoptera, were early grouped into a distinct order, the Orthoptera. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z

They say that country children search For earwigs underneath the sheets, That creeping animals abound Upon the wooden window-seats. Kensington Rhymes 2012-03-15T02:00:28.607Z

Woodlice, slugs, etc., are often trapped by laying attractive food such as carrots and overhauling the traps daily: similarly with earwigs. Disease in Plants 2012-03-01T03:00:22Z

Scorpions, "processional" caterpillars, earwigs, 5 and flies abound. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z

In hexapods the common earwig and flea are familiar illustrations. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z

The after-piece in Colonel Tempest's domestic drama began with tears, caused, I believe, in the first instance by a difference of opinion as to who was responsible for the earwigs in his bath sponge. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z

Miss Myra was politely offered some by Master Sprightly; and upon opening an apricot, a second object of her aversion presented itself, not less dreadful than the former, a large earwig dropped into her lap. Jemima Placid or, The Advantage of Good-Nature 2011-09-25T02:00:16.800Z

I could crack scorpions, bruise the heads of centipedes, laugh at earwigs, be delighted with ants, eat weevils, admire tarantulas, encourage spiders. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z

Er—earwigs—meals on the grass—baskets to carry. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z

In such court-poets and in earwigs the wings are, one may say, invisible and minute, but both find more easily the way to the ear. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z

In the white cottage there were many earwigs. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z

They collaborated for more than half a century, deciphering the mysteries of earwigs, millipedes and many other insects. Thomas Eisner, Who Cracked Chemistry of Bugs, Dies at 81 2011-03-31T03:32:22Z

In my cabin, besides the common earwigs, which were not numerous, and were seldom seen, I found there were a goodly number of scorpions, none of which, however, were longer than two inches. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z

I was so glad when you and Talbot came up: it was so dark, and I felt the earwigs dropping on my head.' Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z

It was not, of course, that Castalia Kilfinane did not know that thatched hovels are frequently comfortless, ill-ventilated, "the noted haunt of" earwigs, and limited in the accommodation necessary for a genteel family. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z

This is equivalent to writing a natural history and leading off with panther and earwig. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources

Spiders, larv�, beetles, aphides, earwigs, and what not, struggling and running about on our white fabric in all directions, and all mingled with bits of stick, leaves, and fragments of all kinds. Butterflies and Moths (British)

Many wingless insects—such as lice, fleas and certain earwigs and cockroaches—are placed in various orders together with winged insects to which they show evident relationships. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral"

Orthoptera and Neuroptera, which include the grasshoppers, earwigs, cockroaches, dragonflies, May flies, etc. Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants and Other Stinging Insects

I was not exactly comfortable, for the ground round the grave was mossless and hard; and when the wind caught it the bracken cross tickled my ear and jerked my mind dismally on to earwigs. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen

About the end of March I found an earwig brooding over her eggs in a small cell, scooped out in a garden border. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom

The children enjoyed the remove greatly; but Frank declared that it was a sore trial to Miss Watson, for she had earwigs up her sleeve and snails on her gown! Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves

I knew he knew that I wasn't afraid of him, but that I was—and terribly—of earwigs: 'those mortal bugs o' the field.' The Golden Age

But the railroad car—every man has his weak point; and I fear the railroad car as abjectly as I do an earwig, and, on the whole, on better grounds. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25)

But only mark what calamities may fall upon earwigs before they are aware of them! The Bird and Insects' Post Office

I don't believe even earwigs would care for it. Rossmoyne

Mushrooms will wait, but the sooner you catch beetles, and earwigs, and ants, and grubs, the better. Bear Brownie The Life of a Bear

In ten minutes' time I shall be employed on the nightly slaughter of the spiders, earwigs, and moths that plague my tent. Cavalry of the Clouds

Some are office-seekers, and earwig king and consul, and compass the fall of officials, with an eye to salary. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25)

There was a man waiting us in Prestongrange’s study, whom I distasted at the first look, as we distaste a ferret or an earwig. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25)

A shudder runs through me at the mention of earwigs and caterpillars; but give me a hatful of those interesting creatures for bedfellows in preference to a cot in Cuba without a mosquito net! The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba

I feel as if you had killed a spider for me, or an earwig. Olive in Italy

An earwig may be extracted by applying a piece of apple to the ear, which will entice the insect to come out. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families

I wonder what the cause of earwigs is. Daisy's Aunt

Verily do earwigs care more for their progeny than did my mother. The Belovéd Vagabond

I found earwigs in my towels, grasshoppers in my clothes, and wicked-looking little beetles even in my hairbrushes. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure

"I should never think you were an earwig—you're too pink and green—but don't talk, I can hear something buzzing." Soap-Bubble Stories For Children

By night and by day the air seemed filled with insects, in countless swarms,—large and small moths, cockchafers, glow-flies, cockroaches, winged ants, may-flies, flying earwigs, beetles, and “daddy longlegs.” The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains

She had the intense maternal instinct and the brain, such as it is, of an earwig. The Rough Road

But as it was there, it formed a good shelter against wind and weather to several families of earwigs who dwelt in it. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen

My dear cousin, I would rather remain in blissful ignorance of natural history all my life than have even an earwig reposing under my pillow. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure

Here dwelt several families of earwigs; and these did not require much, only sociality. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales

One might well fancy that they were being led by the big earwig, which keeps turning round to them. Adventures of a Young Naturalist

In the farther corner of Mr. Neefit's grounds, at a distance of about twenty yards from the house, was a little recess called "the arbour," admonitory of earwigs, and without much pretension to comfort. Ralph the Heir

Now you shall also see my little earwigs," said a third and a fourth mother, "they are lovely little things, and highly amusing. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen

The dampness of the marshes was poison to white men, and earwigs, ants, mosquitoes, sandflies, beetles, scorpions, snakes, and every imaginable insect and reptile seemed to do their best to make things unpleasant for him. The Story of General Gordon

Now, you also see my little earwig," observed a third mother and a fourth; "they are lovely little things, and highly amusing. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales

A piece of bark, quickly pulled off, discovered a quantity of those insects commonly called earwigs. Adventures of a Young Naturalist

"I think earwigs are such sweet little animals, don't you, Judy?" A Young Mutineer

Second Man.—"Oh, you miserable old swamp savage; I shan't get over that earwig in a month." Woodcraft

The same gentleman, to judge by appearances, must have had a curious entomological collection of spiders and earwigs under his protection, and had bequeathed to Walter a highly miscellaneous legacy of rubbish. St. Winifred's, or The World of School

"That is quite out in the big world, on the other side of the ditch," answered an earwig. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales

"Do you notice, papa, those white specks one of the earwigs is covering with its body?" Adventures of a Young Naturalist

“Racing earwigs, I should think,” he said, with something of contempt. The Five Jars

To give the thing a plausible look a few flies are added, and the two largest pans are finished off, one with a large earwig, the other with a thousand-legged worm. Woodcraft

He had kept his specimen—the one the size of an earwig that he gave Harry half a crown for—and he has it to this day. The Book of Dragons

Or what if an earwig shud chance to have got inside this iron pot, and take a fancy to go into my ear?” Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters

I'm not 'at home' to a soul; and my old man is busy dissecting an earwig, so he's quite safe till dinner-time. Kate Coventry An Autobiography

“Why,” he said, “they needn't be real earwigs; my own tickle every bit as much as real ones.” The Five Jars

And he said I had an earwig on me. April's Lady A Novel

Effie's brother Harry fished something out of his tea, which he thought at first was an earwig. The Book of Dragons

On one occasion, when a storm was coming up, I saw an earwig marshal her troop of young ones, and lead them to a place of safety beneath the bark of a tree. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals

An earwig had placed herself over the eggs, and I was delighted to think at last I had lighted upon the insect mother I had been searching for. Wild Nature Won By Kindness

It was dull of me not to have realized at once that these were “his” earwigs and not real ones. The Five Jars

The bodies of trees are visited with canker, hollowness, hornets, earwigs, snails, &c. Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees

The ones as big as earwigs got in the soap, and they got in the butter. The Book of Dragons

From the earwig's habit of watching over her young I am inclined to believe that this insect possesses true mother-love. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals

Having ascertained all I wished to know about the maternal instincts of the earwig, I released the mother and herp. Wild Nature Won By Kindness

The very last earwig that could be discovered was the King. Here are Ladies

But the beetle and the earwig hide their hind-wings beneath a hard case not used in flight. Chatterbox, 1905.

Swallows, frogs, ants, earwigs, snails, woodlice, poultry, and small birds of almost all kinds, are reckoned amongst their foes. A Description of the Bar-and-Frame-Hive With an Abstract of Wildman's Complete Guide for the Management of Bees Throughout the Year

You can introduce a dragon; but you cannot really introduce an earwig; it is too small for a small theatre. Gilbert Keith Chesterton

At the end of three weeks I found one morning all the eggs were hatched, and tiny, snow-white earwigs, with forceps and antennæ fully developed, were creeping about and around their mother. Wild Nature Won By Kindness

Every hole and joint of it was crammed with earwigs, and these could be poked out of the crevices with a straw. Here are Ladies

Soon the woodlice, earwigs, and ants will appear to prey upon the injured. Social Life in the Insect World

Dogs don't like catching hold of a toad with their mouths; but they are perfectly harmless, in fact they are very useful in a garden, as they eat slugs, beetles, caterpillars, and earwigs. Woodside or, Look, Listen, and Learn.

The boy next to me has earwigs, but you have to keep a look-out, or he puts them in your ears. We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys

There are lots of insects more offensive than the grasshopper, and personally I would much rather be called a grasshopper than an earwig, which gets into people's sponges and frightens them to death. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 21, 1920

A great many creatures capture or captivate their mates by singing.—These are usually, but not always, birds, and include wily wagtails, larks, canary birds and the crested earwig. Here are Ladies

Preferable is the cosey English walled villa of the middle class, even though it be a bit stuffy and suggestive of earwigs. The Garden, You, and I

P.S.—His claws were raised to very high stations; They keep the earwigs from our carnations. Verses for Children and Songs for Music

We had brown army blankets, and it was no uncommon thing to find black earth beetles and earwigs crawling among them! Fanny Goes to War

You can't judge their cases by yours any more than you can judge the blood-sweating behemoth of Holy Writ by the plans and specifications of the humble earwig. One Third Off

The keyhole lodged the earwig and her brood, The emmets of the steps had old possession, And march'd in search of their diurnal food In undisturb'd procession. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood

Centipedes and earwigs that had lived in the crevices scurried out head over heels into the luminous air and bored down among the roots of the heather. Invisible Links

Strange noises in the chimney showed that owls had built there; and as the shutter fell a hideous nest of earwigs was disturbed, and ran hither and thither over the floor. The Mating of Lydia

There was a man waiting us in Prestongrange's study, whom I distasted at the first look, as we distaste a ferret or an earwig. David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona

The name "earwig" itself is sufficiently puzzling, but "coach-bell" seems, if possible, still more utterly unintelligible. Notes and Queries, Number 24, April 13, 1850

On the table upon which the Insects with Jaws are spread, the visitor will notice many household torments, including beetles; crickets; earwigs, bees; and wasps: and in the general collection, ants; grasshoppers; cockroaches; dragon-flies; &c. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits

Therefore he bade Germania fill all her vales and mountains with the dying agonies of this almost invisible earwig, and let the impure blood of this cockroach redden the Rhine down to the sea. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index

No man has ever sung of spiders or earwigs or any other of our pet antipathies among the insects like that. The Pleasures of Ignorance

She was afraid of her father’s big dog, she was afraid of the dear brown cow that lived in the field beyond the garden, she was afraid of earwigs. Milly and Olly

Probably there will be less difficulty in answering another entomological question—Why do the country-people in the south of Scotland call an earwig a "coach-bell?" Notes and Queries, Number 24, April 13, 1850

He feared also that it would be a very insect-ridden place, and that their calm pursuits would often be interrupted by things like earwigs. The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight

O for a vigorous fit of gout, colic, toothache,—an earwig in my auditory, a fly in my visual organs; pain is life—the sharper, the more evidence of life; but this apathy, this death! Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries)

They dragged the dead rat through the hedge and into a position commanded by the windows of the house, and incidentally came upon a cluster of giant earwigs in the ditch. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth

The gourd has its worm, the diamond its flaw, the rose its earwigs, and "The trail of the serpent is over them all." M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur."

I swear there was not a bird's nest nor a single earwig in it anywhere. The Damned

To dream that you see an earwig or have one in your ear, denotes that you will have unpleasant news affecting your business or family relations. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition

But the railroad car - every man has his weak point; and I fear the railroad car as abjectly as I do an earwig, and, on the whole, on better grounds. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2

As for earwigs, she could see not one. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth

Some are office-seekers, and earwig king and consul, and compass the fall of officials, with an eye to salary. A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa

They sat on a bench, and he had really made up his mind that here was his opportunity when Miss Wilkinson said she was sure there were earwigs and insisted on moving. Of Human Bondage

Edward always collared the best parts to himself; but I was holding my own gallantly, when I suddenly discovered that the floor we battled on was swarming with earwigs. The Golden Age

Why, old Lady Blanchflower looked upon you and me, Miss Jackson, as no better than earwigs! Delia Blanchflower

He would not take the least exercise, or stir from his chair, scarcely move or permit himself to be moved, hand, foot, or head, lest he should disturb or waken this nest of earwigs. Tales and Novels — Volume 07

She wished him no ill: you do not wish ill to the earwig which you brush out of the window. The Forest Lovers

He led her to the kitchen garden where no one was likely to come, and this time Miss Wilkinson did not think of earwigs. Of Human Bondage

I knew HE knew that I wasn't afraid of him, but that I was—and terribly—of earwigs, "those mortal bugs o' the field." The Golden Age

A black earwig now appeared creeping out of the rose; it was running away, but mademoiselle pursued, set her foot upon it, and crushed it to death. Tales and Novels — Volume 01

Dr. Percy was more fortunate, for he came in time to kill the earwigs for his patient before they had pinched him to death. Tales and Novels — Volume 07

Small fights, man to man, demanded still the power of a telescope, and distance made the trenchant arms of heroes, working right and left, appear like the nippers of an earwig. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War

Du Maurier has a drawing of a little girl in a garden gazing at two earwigs racing along a stem. Birds in Town and Village

When it is sought to take earwigs by this means, the bottom of each pot should be filled with a wisp of hay or dried grass, or a little cotton wool. Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby

"I do not remember," answered Mr. Mountague, calmly, "ever to have professed any liking for earwigs." Tales and Novels — Volume 01

He is like an earwig; when he gets within a man's ear he is not easily to be got out again. Character Writings of the 17th Century

I bit into it and found it hollowed out in the centre, and in that luscious hollow was a colony of earwigs. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough

Oh for a vigorous fit of gout, colic, toothache,—an earwig in my auditory, a fly in my visual organs; pain is life,—the sharper the more evidence of life; but this apathy, this death! The Best Letters of Charles Lamb

It was like the horror which one feels toward rats, cockroaches, earwigs, or serpents. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder

If an earwig or any other living thing, should get into the ear of a child, what ought to be done? Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children

The wandering spirits are attracted by the images, and take shelter among their rags, like earwigs or something of that kind. Travels in West Africa

The several plagues of locusts, fleas, and lice sink into utter insignificance compared with this fearful one of earwigs. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley

"Like the boy in Punch," said Maud, "who couldn't believe that the two earwigs could care about each other." Watersprings

You could do that sort of thing in a climate like Nepenthe, if you were not fastidious in the matter of owls, bats, lizards, toads, earwigs, centipedes, and an occasional scorpion. South Wind

Pillowed on my coat she had her hair, earwigs in the heather scrub my hand under her nape, you'll toss me all. Ulysses

She had no superstition regarding the venom of toads, the poison of spiders, or the ear-penetrating capacity of earwigs. Openings in the Old Trail

Second to the earwigs in importance and in numbers were the white ants, whose powers of destructiveness were simply awful. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley

"You must feed us, or we shall die!" they cried, holding and clutching and slipping, while the silent scared earwigs and little spiders twisted between their legs. Actions and Reactions

It is also occasionally present in a few members alone in a whole group of animals, as in the genus Forficula, or earwigs. The Descent of Man

Mpwapwa, though the traveller from the coast will feel grateful for the milk it furnished after being so long deprived of it, will be kept in mind as a most remarkable place for earwigs. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley

Parental feeling in earwigs, starfishes, and spiders; affection, partly a result of natural selection. The Descent of Man

A land of promise.—The great Kisesa.—The plague of earwigs. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley

单词	earwig
例句	earwig “Who wanted to eat a lobster or a crab? Why not a stinkbug or an earwig?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z But then there was Carly, looking down at her like she was an earwig. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z ‘You is hearing only thumping loud noises with those little earwigs of yours. But I am hearing all the secret whisperings of the world!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The opening alone is a hoot and a half: A giant galleon heaving and bucking across a storm-tossed desert, captained by a worried-looking Ron Perlman and pursued beneath the sand by the aforementioned earwig. ‘Monster Hunter’ Review: Beasts of Boredom 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z We had to put a tiny radio earwig in his ear, so that he could hear the playback on the song and sing along with it. Breaking Down the 'Breaking Bad' Finale With Vince Gilligan 2010-06-14T12:23:00Z Somebody who seems nice in a room full of MPs does not necessarily shine in a box full of earwigs. What should Nadine Dorries do next? 2012-11-22T14:03:04Z Which is why, as Nike reaches its golden anniversary, it’s worth considering how the swoosh became the branding earwig of the millennium, tunneling into our brains to colonize our imaginations. How Nike Won the Cultural Marathon 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z “Monster Hunter” — 80 percent monsters, 20 percent hunter — proves definitively that neither gaping wounds nor a gargantuan armored earwig can stop Milla Jovovich. ‘Monster Hunter’ Review: Beasts of Boredom 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Fill the cardboard core with large-diameter straws and place it under a plant where you see earwig damage. 9 Garden Fixes From the Kitchen 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Designed expressly for people who are afraid that while they’re asleep — or, who knows, in the middle of the day — “ear-spiders, earwigs and other creepy ear dwellers” will take up residence in their ear canals. Style Invitational Week 1384: Of course there are stupid questions! 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z They asked for earwigs, but earwigs won’t infest in that way, it’s not in their nature. 'Make sure they don't eat the set!' Movie animal trainers' tips 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z “They eat other bugs. So we take care of ants, earwigs” and other insects, “and by getting rid of the food sources, we also get rid of the spiders.” Too many spiders? It’s just a cosmetic issue. 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z I poked earwigs out of holes in the garden. ‘My parents’ life was a charade. Mum hated every minute of it’ 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z "Parental care has marked impacts on immunity and microbiome, such as the transfer of core microbes essential for offspring survival as observed in earwigs, burying beetles, African clawed frogs and mice," the authors write. The key to a tiny bee's health is having a good mom, study finds 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z A: Go out with your flashlight at night, and I can almost guarantee you that you’ll find earwigs are the culprits. A Ciscoe Morris Q&A on some standout summertime flowers 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z An actor who traveled with the star fed his dialogue through an earpiece, known in the industry as an “earwig,” according to several sources. Frustrating, little-known disorder in spotlight after Bruce Willis' aphasia diagnosis 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The giant bee deserves to be here, with its comically large jawline, just like the everyday earwigs, crickets, and moths. The parable of the world’s largest bee 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z An actor who traveled with Willis would feed the star his lines through an earpiece, known in the industry as an “earwig,” according to several sources. Concerns about Bruce Willis' declining cognitive state swirled around sets in recent years 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z His AI system never spotted a murder hornet, but it did catch plenty of wasps and earwigs sneaking into his hives — a modest but important step for no-code. ‘No code’ brings the power of AI to the masses 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Canned fish-flavored cat food has the same effect on earwigs that a Brussels sprouts casserole has on me: It drives them crazy with desire. A Ciscoe Morris Q&A on some standout summertime flowers 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z The best remedy for earwigs is to trap them when they are active at night, Wilen said. Your spring garden is candy to pests. Stop them before they start munching 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Using 12 earwigs and 12 sandhoppers, the team investigated how infected insects differed from the uninfected. First the Worm Gets in the Bug’s Head. Then the Bug Drowns Itself. 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Key players include slugs, spider mites, earwigs, powdery mildew and botrytis. 10 tips for growing successful dahlias 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Woodlice, earthworms, earwigs: a seething Serengeti lurks in many a back garden. A saga of extinction, Tesla in his time, and explorations under the surface of skin: Books in brief 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Spiders, on the whole, are beneficial: they feed on less pleasant insects such as roaches, earwigs, flies and clothes moths, and they rarely bite. With Bugs, You’re Never Home Alone 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z You will likely find plenty of earwigs that crawled inside to hide during the day. Your spring garden is candy to pests. Stop them before they start munching 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z For instance, 23 percent of the proteins that changed in sandhoppers were involved in energy regulation and metabolism, and 39 percent in earwigs. First the Worm Gets in the Bug’s Head. Then the Bug Drowns Itself. 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Now he’s using the alliterative phrases that are speechwriters’ earwigs, as in calling for “a renewal of will, a rediscovery of resolve and a rebirth of devotion.” Opinion \| The most surprising thing about Trump’s U.N. speech 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Not even deer eat them, but their one nemesis is earwigs. How a dab of canned cat food protects your dazzling dahlias 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Other than maybe self-service checkouts, earwigs and people who put their bags on the empty seat on a busy bus. Glastonbury 2016: Kamasi Washington's funky Sunday service, howling Hinds and the rest of today's music – live 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z “There may very well be more earwigs tucked away in the corn, but we are just now beginning to peel back the layers of this massive rule.” U.S. Issues Final Offshore Drilling Rules 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Blown-in cellulose insulation made from 100-percent-recycled newspaper and treated with borates for fire-resistance and protection against insects is labeled by the Environmental Protection Agency for effectiveness against termites, cockroaches, ants, earwigs and many other pests. Fill in the gaps with the right old-home insulation \| HomeWork 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z From looking only at the long, hairy ‘virga’ of the male Euborellia plebeja earwig, for example, it would be easy to assume it was an efficient tool for removing a competitor’s sperm. Biased biology: the case of the missing vaginas : Nature News Blog 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z Were there many ants, beetles, earwigs and/or other bugs—or things that looked like bugs? Species Science: Exploring Bug Biodiversity 2013-08-01T14:45:00.533Z Other than maybe self-service checkouts, earwigs and people who put their bags on the empty seat on a busy bus. Glastonbury 2016: Kamasi Washington's funky Sunday service, howling Hinds and the rest of today's music – live 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Male earwigs fight one another when foraging, so the researchers staged battles between males. Observatory: Dueling Earwigs Find Advantage in Asymmetrical Forceps 2012-08-20T22:26:44Z I was finally given a radio, but I wasn't shown how to use it, so I had to earwig on someone else who was having a lesson. The secret security guard: G4S is the Millwall of the Olympics 2012-07-31T16:37:15Z The earwigs is dreadful; wherever there 's roses and sweetbrier there's no livin' with them. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z Skeleton leaves, twigs, dead flies, mummied earwigs began to drop down in all directions. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z The earwigs, cockroaches and locusts, which Linnaeus included among the Coleoptera, were early grouped into a distinct order, the Orthoptera. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z They say that country children search For earwigs underneath the sheets, That creeping animals abound Upon the wooden window-seats. Kensington Rhymes 2012-03-15T02:00:28.607Z Woodlice, slugs, etc., are often trapped by laying attractive food such as carrots and overhauling the traps daily: similarly with earwigs. Disease in Plants 2012-03-01T03:00:22Z Scorpions, "processional" caterpillars, earwigs, 5 and flies abound. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z In hexapods the common earwig and flea are familiar illustrations. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z The after-piece in Colonel Tempest's domestic drama began with tears, caused, I believe, in the first instance by a difference of opinion as to who was responsible for the earwigs in his bath sponge. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z Miss Myra was politely offered some by Master Sprightly; and upon opening an apricot, a second object of her aversion presented itself, not less dreadful than the former, a large earwig dropped into her lap. Jemima Placid or, The Advantage of Good-Nature 2011-09-25T02:00:16.800Z I could crack scorpions, bruise the heads of centipedes, laugh at earwigs, be delighted with ants, eat weevils, admire tarantulas, encourage spiders. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Er—earwigs—meals on the grass—baskets to carry. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z In such court-poets and in earwigs the wings are, one may say, invisible and minute, but both find more easily the way to the ear. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z In the white cottage there were many earwigs. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z They collaborated for more than half a century, deciphering the mysteries of earwigs, millipedes and many other insects. Thomas Eisner, Who Cracked Chemistry of Bugs, Dies at 81 2011-03-31T03:32:22Z In my cabin, besides the common earwigs, which were not numerous, and were seldom seen, I found there were a goodly number of scorpions, none of which, however, were longer than two inches. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z I was so glad when you and Talbot came up: it was so dark, and I felt the earwigs dropping on my head.' Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z It was not, of course, that Castalia Kilfinane did not know that thatched hovels are frequently comfortless, ill-ventilated, "the noted haunt of" earwigs, and limited in the accommodation necessary for a genteel family. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z This is equivalent to writing a natural history and leading off with panther and earwig. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources Spiders, larv�, beetles, aphides, earwigs, and what not, struggling and running about on our white fabric in all directions, and all mingled with bits of stick, leaves, and fragments of all kinds. Butterflies and Moths (British) Many wingless insects—such as lice, fleas and certain earwigs and cockroaches—are placed in various orders together with winged insects to which they show evident relationships. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Orthoptera and Neuroptera, which include the grasshoppers, earwigs, cockroaches, dragonflies, May flies, etc. Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants and Other Stinging Insects I was not exactly comfortable, for the ground round the grave was mossless and hard; and when the wind caught it the bracken cross tickled my ear and jerked my mind dismally on to earwigs. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen About the end of March I found an earwig brooding over her eggs in a small cell, scooped out in a garden border. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom The children enjoyed the remove greatly; but Frank declared that it was a sore trial to Miss Watson, for she had earwigs up her sleeve and snails on her gown! Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves I knew he knew that I wasn't afraid of him, but that I was—and terribly—of earwigs: 'those mortal bugs o' the field.' The Golden Age But the railroad car—every man has his weak point; and I fear the railroad car as abjectly as I do an earwig, and, on the whole, on better grounds. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) But only mark what calamities may fall upon earwigs before they are aware of them! The Bird and Insects' Post Office I don't believe even earwigs would care for it. Rossmoyne Mushrooms will wait, but the sooner you catch beetles, and earwigs, and ants, and grubs, the better. Bear Brownie The Life of a Bear In ten minutes' time I shall be employed on the nightly slaughter of the spiders, earwigs, and moths that plague my tent. Cavalry of the Clouds Some are office-seekers, and earwig king and consul, and compass the fall of officials, with an eye to salary. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) There was a man waiting us in Prestongrange’s study, whom I distasted at the first look, as we distaste a ferret or an earwig. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) A shudder runs through me at the mention of earwigs and caterpillars; but give me a hatful of those interesting creatures for bedfellows in preference to a cot in Cuba without a mosquito net! The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba I feel as if you had killed a spider for me, or an earwig. Olive in Italy An earwig may be extracted by applying a piece of apple to the ear, which will entice the insect to come out. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families I wonder what the cause of earwigs is. Daisy's Aunt Verily do earwigs care more for their progeny than did my mother. The Belovéd Vagabond I found earwigs in my towels, grasshoppers in my clothes, and wicked-looking little beetles even in my hairbrushes. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure "I should never think you were an earwig—you're too pink and green—but don't talk, I can hear something buzzing." Soap-Bubble Stories For Children By night and by day the air seemed filled with insects, in countless swarms,—large and small moths, cockchafers, glow-flies, cockroaches, winged ants, may-flies, flying earwigs, beetles, and “daddy longlegs.” The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains She had the intense maternal instinct and the brain, such as it is, of an earwig. The Rough Road But as it was there, it formed a good shelter against wind and weather to several families of earwigs who dwelt in it. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen My dear cousin, I would rather remain in blissful ignorance of natural history all my life than have even an earwig reposing under my pillow. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure Here dwelt several families of earwigs; and these did not require much, only sociality. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales One might well fancy that they were being led by the big earwig, which keeps turning round to them. Adventures of a Young Naturalist In the farther corner of Mr. Neefit's grounds, at a distance of about twenty yards from the house, was a little recess called "the arbour," admonitory of earwigs, and without much pretension to comfort. Ralph the Heir Now you shall also see my little earwigs," said a third and a fourth mother, "they are lovely little things, and highly amusing. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen The dampness of the marshes was poison to white men, and earwigs, ants, mosquitoes, sandflies, beetles, scorpions, snakes, and every imaginable insect and reptile seemed to do their best to make things unpleasant for him. The Story of General Gordon Now, you also see my little earwig," observed a third mother and a fourth; "they are lovely little things, and highly amusing. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales A piece of bark, quickly pulled off, discovered a quantity of those insects commonly called earwigs. Adventures of a Young Naturalist "I think earwigs are such sweet little animals, don't you, Judy?" A Young Mutineer Second Man.—"Oh, you miserable old swamp savage; I shan't get over that earwig in a month." Woodcraft The same gentleman, to judge by appearances, must have had a curious entomological collection of spiders and earwigs under his protection, and had bequeathed to Walter a highly miscellaneous legacy of rubbish. St. Winifred's, or The World of School "That is quite out in the big world, on the other side of the ditch," answered an earwig. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales "Do you notice, papa, those white specks one of the earwigs is covering with its body?" Adventures of a Young Naturalist “Racing earwigs, I should think,” he said, with something of contempt. The Five Jars To give the thing a plausible look a few flies are added, and the two largest pans are finished off, one with a large earwig, the other with a thousand-legged worm. Woodcraft He had kept his specimen—the one the size of an earwig that he gave Harry half a crown for—and he has it to this day. The Book of Dragons Or what if an earwig shud chance to have got inside this iron pot, and take a fancy to go into my ear?” Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters I'm not 'at home' to a soul; and my old man is busy dissecting an earwig, so he's quite safe till dinner-time. Kate Coventry An Autobiography “Why,” he said, “they needn't be real earwigs; my own tickle every bit as much as real ones.” The Five Jars And he said I had an earwig on me. April's Lady A Novel Effie's brother Harry fished something out of his tea, which he thought at first was an earwig. The Book of Dragons On one occasion, when a storm was coming up, I saw an earwig marshal her troop of young ones, and lead them to a place of safety beneath the bark of a tree. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals An earwig had placed herself over the eggs, and I was delighted to think at last I had lighted upon the insect mother I had been searching for. Wild Nature Won By Kindness It was dull of me not to have realized at once that these were “his” earwigs and not real ones. The Five Jars The bodies of trees are visited with canker, hollowness, hornets, earwigs, snails, &c. Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees The ones as big as earwigs got in the soap, and they got in the butter. The Book of Dragons From the earwig's habit of watching over her young I am inclined to believe that this insect possesses true mother-love. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals Having ascertained all I wished to know about the maternal instincts of the earwig, I released the mother and herp. Wild Nature Won By Kindness The very last earwig that could be discovered was the King. Here are Ladies But the beetle and the earwig hide their hind-wings beneath a hard case not used in flight. Chatterbox, 1905. Swallows, frogs, ants, earwigs, snails, woodlice, poultry, and small birds of almost all kinds, are reckoned amongst their foes. A Description of the Bar-and-Frame-Hive With an Abstract of Wildman's Complete Guide for the Management of Bees Throughout the Year You can introduce a dragon; but you cannot really introduce an earwig; it is too small for a small theatre. Gilbert Keith Chesterton At the end of three weeks I found one morning all the eggs were hatched, and tiny, snow-white earwigs, with forceps and antennæ fully developed, were creeping about and around their mother. Wild Nature Won By Kindness Every hole and joint of it was crammed with earwigs, and these could be poked out of the crevices with a straw. Here are Ladies Soon the woodlice, earwigs, and ants will appear to prey upon the injured. Social Life in the Insect World Dogs don't like catching hold of a toad with their mouths; but they are perfectly harmless, in fact they are very useful in a garden, as they eat slugs, beetles, caterpillars, and earwigs. Woodside or, Look, Listen, and Learn. The boy next to me has earwigs, but you have to keep a look-out, or he puts them in your ears. We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys There are lots of insects more offensive than the grasshopper, and personally I would much rather be called a grasshopper than an earwig, which gets into people's sponges and frightens them to death. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 21, 1920 A great many creatures capture or captivate their mates by singing.—These are usually, but not always, birds, and include wily wagtails, larks, canary birds and the crested earwig. Here are Ladies Preferable is the cosey English walled villa of the middle class, even though it be a bit stuffy and suggestive of earwigs. The Garden, You, and I P.S.—His claws were raised to very high stations; They keep the earwigs from our carnations. Verses for Children and Songs for Music We had brown army blankets, and it was no uncommon thing to find black earth beetles and earwigs crawling among them! Fanny Goes to War You can't judge their cases by yours any more than you can judge the blood-sweating behemoth of Holy Writ by the plans and specifications of the humble earwig. One Third Off The keyhole lodged the earwig and her brood, The emmets of the steps had old possession, And march'd in search of their diurnal food In undisturb'd procession. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood Centipedes and earwigs that had lived in the crevices scurried out head over heels into the luminous air and bored down among the roots of the heather. Invisible Links Strange noises in the chimney showed that owls had built there; and as the shutter fell a hideous nest of earwigs was disturbed, and ran hither and thither over the floor. The Mating of Lydia There was a man waiting us in Prestongrange's study, whom I distasted at the first look, as we distaste a ferret or an earwig. David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona The name "earwig" itself is sufficiently puzzling, but "coach-bell" seems, if possible, still more utterly unintelligible. Notes and Queries, Number 24, April 13, 1850 On the table upon which the Insects with Jaws are spread, the visitor will notice many household torments, including beetles; crickets; earwigs, bees; and wasps: and in the general collection, ants; grasshoppers; cockroaches; dragon-flies; &c. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits Therefore he bade Germania fill all her vales and mountains with the dying agonies of this almost invisible earwig, and let the impure blood of this cockroach redden the Rhine down to the sea. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index No man has ever sung of spiders or earwigs or any other of our pet antipathies among the insects like that. The Pleasures of Ignorance She was afraid of her father’s big dog, she was afraid of the dear brown cow that lived in the field beyond the garden, she was afraid of earwigs. Milly and Olly Probably there will be less difficulty in answering another entomological question—Why do the country-people in the south of Scotland call an earwig a "coach-bell?" Notes and Queries, Number 24, April 13, 1850 He feared also that it would be a very insect-ridden place, and that their calm pursuits would often be interrupted by things like earwigs. The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight O for a vigorous fit of gout, colic, toothache,—an earwig in my auditory, a fly in my visual organs; pain is life—the sharper, the more evidence of life; but this apathy, this death! Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) They dragged the dead rat through the hedge and into a position commanded by the windows of the house, and incidentally came upon a cluster of giant earwigs in the ditch. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth The gourd has its worm, the diamond its flaw, the rose its earwigs, and "The trail of the serpent is over them all." M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." I swear there was not a bird's nest nor a single earwig in it anywhere. The Damned To dream that you see an earwig or have one in your ear, denotes that you will have unpleasant news affecting your business or family relations. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition But the railroad car - every man has his weak point; and I fear the railroad car as abjectly as I do an earwig, and, on the whole, on better grounds. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 As for earwigs, she could see not one. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth Some are office-seekers, and earwig king and consul, and compass the fall of officials, with an eye to salary. A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa They sat on a bench, and he had really made up his mind that here was his opportunity when Miss Wilkinson said she was sure there were earwigs and insisted on moving. Of Human Bondage Edward always collared the best parts to himself; but I was holding my own gallantly, when I suddenly discovered that the floor we battled on was swarming with earwigs. The Golden Age Why, old Lady Blanchflower looked upon you and me, Miss Jackson, as no better than earwigs! Delia Blanchflower He would not take the least exercise, or stir from his chair, scarcely move or permit himself to be moved, hand, foot, or head, lest he should disturb or waken this nest of earwigs. Tales and Novels — Volume 07 She wished him no ill: you do not wish ill to the earwig which you brush out of the window. The Forest Lovers He led her to the kitchen garden where no one was likely to come, and this time Miss Wilkinson did not think of earwigs. Of Human Bondage I knew HE knew that I wasn't afraid of him, but that I was—and terribly—of earwigs, "those mortal bugs o' the field." The Golden Age A black earwig now appeared creeping out of the rose; it was running away, but mademoiselle pursued, set her foot upon it, and crushed it to death. Tales and Novels — Volume 01 Dr. Percy was more fortunate, for he came in time to kill the earwigs for his patient before they had pinched him to death. Tales and Novels — Volume 07 Small fights, man to man, demanded still the power of a telescope, and distance made the trenchant arms of heroes, working right and left, appear like the nippers of an earwig. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War Du Maurier has a drawing of a little girl in a garden gazing at two earwigs racing along a stem. Birds in Town and Village When it is sought to take earwigs by this means, the bottom of each pot should be filled with a wisp of hay or dried grass, or a little cotton wool. Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby "I do not remember," answered Mr. Mountague, calmly, "ever to have professed any liking for earwigs." Tales and Novels — Volume 01 He is like an earwig; when he gets within a man's ear he is not easily to be got out again. Character Writings of the 17th Century I bit into it and found it hollowed out in the centre, and in that luscious hollow was a colony of earwigs. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough Oh for a vigorous fit of gout, colic, toothache,—an earwig in my auditory, a fly in my visual organs; pain is life,—the sharper the more evidence of life; but this apathy, this death! The Best Letters of Charles Lamb It was like the horror which one feels toward rats, cockroaches, earwigs, or serpents. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder If an earwig or any other living thing, should get into the ear of a child, what ought to be done? Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children The wandering spirits are attracted by the images, and take shelter among their rags, like earwigs or something of that kind. Travels in West Africa The several plagues of locusts, fleas, and lice sink into utter insignificance compared with this fearful one of earwigs. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley "Like the boy in Punch," said Maud, "who couldn't believe that the two earwigs could care about each other." Watersprings You could do that sort of thing in a climate like Nepenthe, if you were not fastidious in the matter of owls, bats, lizards, toads, earwigs, centipedes, and an occasional scorpion. South Wind Pillowed on my coat she had her hair, earwigs in the heather scrub my hand under her nape, you'll toss me all. Ulysses She had no superstition regarding the venom of toads, the poison of spiders, or the ear-penetrating capacity of earwigs. Openings in the Old Trail Second to the earwigs in importance and in numbers were the white ants, whose powers of destructiveness were simply awful. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley "You must feed us, or we shall die!" they cried, holding and clutching and slipping, while the silent scared earwigs and little spiders twisted between their legs. Actions and Reactions It is also occasionally present in a few members alone in a whole group of animals, as in the genus Forficula, or earwigs. The Descent of Man Mpwapwa, though the traveller from the coast will feel grateful for the milk it furnished after being so long deprived of it, will be kept in mind as a most remarkable place for earwigs. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley Parental feeling in earwigs, starfishes, and spiders; affection, partly a result of natural selection. The Descent of Man A land of promise.—The great Kisesa.—The plague of earwigs. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley
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