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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Earwigs (Dermaptera) » Forficulidae » Forficula »  European Earwig (Forficula auricularia)
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Half an earwig, times two - Forficula auricularia - male
Copyright © 2007 Ron Hemberger

Half an earwig, times two - Forficula auricularia - Male
Riley Wilderness Park, Coto De Caza, Orange County, California, USA
May 27, 2007

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 29 May, 2007 - 10:34pm
Last updated 30 May, 2007 - 11:34am

European Earwig
Forficula auricularia
… Chuck Entz, 30 May, 2007 - 7:35am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Chuck
Here's hoping for a return engagement when I can get it all in one shot.
… Ron Hemberger, 30 May, 2007 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

Same individual?
I'm guessing he is (this one's a male - curved forceps). Maybe he wasn't impressed with you shooting just his posterior half, and came out for the other half ;-)
… Stephen Luk, 29 May, 2007 - 11:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, it's the same.
When I first saw it, the head was dug into the center of the poppy, under a large yellow "ball". The forceps sticking out looked like the front-end of a lacewing larva, but much larger. I had to poke at him to get to see his head, and that made for two unhappy campers!
… Ron Hemberger, 29 May, 2007 - 11:49pm login or register to post comments

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