_Earwig_ (Vol. i., p. 383.).--This insect is very destructive to the
petals of some kinds of delicate flowers. May it not have acquired the
title of "couchbell" from its habit of couching or concealing itself
for rest at night and security from small birds, of which it is a
favourite food, in the pendent blossoms of bell-shaped flowers? This
habit is often fatal to it in the gardens of cottagers, who entrap it
by means of a lobster's claw suspended on an upright stick.