An Incomplete List of Places We Find Earwigs @ Our Library

• in the bookmarks holder
• in the notebook with school summer reading lists
• on the scanner (on the glass)
• in the lid of coworker's covered coffee mug 
• behind the lock on the glass display case 
• under keyboards
• in the plastic holder with a flyer announcing an upcoming event (2!)
• in the plastic holder featuring a photocopy of the bestseller list 
• inside an interoffice mail envelope 
• in the drawer of Summer Reading Club prizes

("Some tunnel as deeply as six feet into the ground to escape the cold. The name earwig is from a European superstition that these insects entered the ears of a sleeping person and bored into the brain. This belief is totally unfounded." -- learn more about these mostly harmless critters from the Virginia Extension Service website, here.)