Many earwig species display maternal care, which is uncommon among insects. "L. riparia" are a subsocial earwig with complex maternal habits. The forewings of an earwig are sclerotized to serve as protection for the membranous hindwings. Granny Weatherwax dislikes Mrs. Earwig, claiming that she reduces witchcraft to "shoppin'". The earwig inhabited deep burrows, coming out only at night following rain. At Granny's cottage, Agnes voices her own dislike of Letice Earwig before leaving with Nanny. They were given to zoologist Arthur Loveridge who confirmed they belonged to a huge earwig. Labia minor, the lesser earwig or small earwig, is a species of earwig. The abdomen of the earwig is flexible and muscular. In April 1995 another specimen of earwig remains was found. Trapspringer Furrfoot is known to be the actual uncle of Tasslehoff Burrfoot and Earwig Lockpicker. Other searches since the 1960s have not succeeded in finding the earwig. The native St.Helena earwig was last seen in the wild in 1967. She intensely dislikes witches such as Letice Earwig, who dabble in chants, pendants, and crystals.