Earwig (likely European earwig)

Moist, sheltered places such as leaf litter, soil crevices, compost, gardens, and beneath containers or debris. Commonly enters homes while seeking darkness and moisture.

Omnivorous, feeding on decaying plant matter, algae, fungi, small insects, insect eggs, and soft plant tissues.

Mostly nocturnal and attracted to damp, dark hiding places. Females guard and clean their eggs and young; adults use paired rear pincers for defense and mating, not capture.

Harmless to people and not venomous; the pincers rarely cause more than a mild pinch. Earwigs recycle organic matter and eat some pests, though large populations can damage seedlings, flowers, and fruit.