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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Earwigs (Dermaptera) » Forficulidae » Forficula »  European Earwig (Forficula auricularia)
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European Earwig - Forficula auricularia - male
Copyright © 2008 Lynn Bergen

European Earwig - Forficula auricularia - Male
Baiting Hollow, Suffolk County, New York, USA
June 19, 2008

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Contributed by Lynn Bergen on 8 February, 2009 - 1:56am
Last updated 27 November, 2009 - 3:44pm

Looks like
an immature European Earwig. It would help if you had a better view of the feet- they sort of look like the diagnostic Forficulidae shape, but it's hard to be sure. It's definitely a male, though.

In a mature individual, the wings would be large enough to meet in the middle, and the forceps would have more of the characteristic round, sturdy "ice tongs" shape.
… Chuck Entz, 8 February, 2009 - 8:04am login or register to post comments

 
European Earwig feet
Thanks Chuck,
I've added a 2 nd image that I hope shows the feet better.
… Lynn Bergen, 8 February, 2009 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

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