The same reason that any animal eats food- to get the energy to stay alive.
Answer:No, because they don't make their own food. They are a consumer because they eat plants.
Birds, frogs, toads, and some insects such as beetles and spiders are known to eat earwigs. Additionally, some small mammals like shrews and rodents may also prey on earwigs.
how does a earwig capture its food
yes
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they eat the plant stems
yes....it's protein .... yummy!
yes they do, so watch your ears!
Some people believe that earwigs crawl into your ear and eat the earwax or hurt you with their pincers :D but that is not true. They are completely harmless to humans.
Yes, the earwig bugs are indeed consumers. Earwigs eat a variety of small insects as well as various types of plant life.
Earwigs are often accused of being harmful, but rarely cause any damage. They prefer to eat dead insects and other matter.
They are attracted to basil and will eat the leaves. I have a small basil plant that I keep in a 4" pot and it often has quite a few earwigs crawling over it.