Critters in My Red Wiggler Compost Bin

I’ve been Vermicomposting for 15 years - having to move often, so there’s that, but I made a bin for my mother and she loves those worms!
Her bin has some unwanted critters, though.
The latest ones look like pincher bugs. I took a photo and will include it below.
Any ideas about whether these critters are harmful?

Looks like an earwig. They're usually scavengers. Some species will hunt small arthropods, but they're not considered harmful to worms or people.


Editing to add: apparently in large numbers they can damage plants though, so maybe try not to take any out with the worm castings!

Thank you!

I agree that looks like an earwig.

I have not seen one in many years though I can still remember the musky odor.

Does anyone have ideas about how to eradicate the earwigs in my worm bin?

I clicked on this because I had critters in my worm bin... rats! They (or it) dug down in and ate a bunch of my worms. I had to figure out a way to keep them out.

Jon Sousa wrote:I clicked on this because I had critters in my worm bin... rats! They (or it) dug down in and ate a bunch of my worms. I had to figure out a way to keep them out.

I set snap traps on top of my compost heap, I take the dead ones and toss them into the back of the compost pile under some material. More compost!

I only did vermiculture for two years before a bear came along and ripped it all to shreds. But before that I learned that a worm bin is a bin full of all kinds of bugs *and* worms. Maggots and fruit flies get in there too. I used one of those elevated tray-stacking setups so that probably help keep the ground bugs away.