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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Earwigs (Dermaptera) » Common Earwigs (Forficulidae) » Forficula » European Earwig (Forficula auricularia)
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I have no idea - Forficula auricularia - female
Copyright © 2009 Gary J Sibio

I have no idea - Forficula auricularia - Female
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
July 12, 2009
Size: about an inch
This insect was photographed in a city park along the Chicago lakefront.
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Contributed by Gary J Sibio on 28 July, 2009 - 1:30pm
Last updated 27 November, 2009 - 1:23pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Boris Büche, 22 August, 2009 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

Dermaptera (earwig)
http://bugguide.net/node/view/2709
… Andy Cummings, 28 July, 2009 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

 
I had thought it might be an
I had thought it might be an earwig when I found it but don't the pincers on earwigs curve inwards? These are curving outwards.
… Gary J Sibio, 28 July, 2009 - 1:51pm login or register to post comments

 
female Forficula auricularia
"pincers curving outwards" -- it's just the angle: compare closed vs. outstretched (threatening) position
… v belov, 28 July, 2009 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
Thank you.
… Gary J Sibio, 28 July, 2009 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

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