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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Earwigs (Dermaptera) » Little Earwigs (Labiidae) » Labia » Lesser earwig (Labia minor)
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6-mm earwig - Labia minor - female
Copyright © 2009 James C. Trager

6-mm earwig - Labia minor - Female
St. Louis area, Franklin County, Missouri, USA
August 21, 2009
Size: 6mm, minus appendages

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6-mm earwig - Labia minor - female 6-mm earwig - Labia minor - female
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Contributed by James C. Trager on 23 August, 2009 - 2:05pm
Last updated 15 September, 2009 - 4:25am

L. minor
Ahah! Latin minor = smaller. Most appropriate, as this is the smallest earwig of my experience, having grown up on Forficula, Labidura
… James C. Trager, 5 September, 2009 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

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Moved from Earwigs.
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