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seanbaker
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seanbaker asked in Home & GardenGarden & Landscape · 1 decade ago

Bug infestation, but im trying to figure out what kind of bug it is?

It looks like a long black termite be the back of the animal has scisor like pincher looking things and it has a head on the opposite end. when i look at pictures of termites the pincher jaw things are on the front near the eyes. can someone tell me what kind of bug this is

I live in The atlanta GA area

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  • tbrere_19
    1 decade ago
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    Hi, I'm a qualified horticultralist. What you are describing is an earwig, or sometimes known as a pincher bug. These things are always to be found in my Dahlia flower heads. Unless they are actually causing a problem, they should be left alone. Earwigs eat many other little beetles and grubs that cause far more damage than they do.

    Hope this helps.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Sounds like an Earwig.

  • Horsense
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Earwigs is also what comes to my mind...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earwig

    "...There are 22 types of Earwigs in the United States

    and over a 1,000 different species all over the world..."

    http://www.pestworldforkids.org/earwigs.html

  • heart o' gold
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Sounds like some sort of earwig.

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  • Flutterby
    1 decade ago

    earwig definitely.

    http://doyourownpestcontrol.com/earwig.htm

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