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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Earwigs (Dermaptera) » Anisolabididae » Euborellia » Ring-legged Earwig (Euborellia annulipes)
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Euborellia annulipes - female
Copyright © 2005 Chuck Entz

Euborellia annulipes - Female
Encino, Los Angeles County, California, USA
September 5, 2005
Size: 1/2 inch
On the patio in my backyard, under a flower pot.
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Contributed by Chuck Entz on 25 September, 2005 - 12:20am
Last updated 15 January, 2007 - 5:05pm

I would concur.
A half inch is being pretty generous, at least in my experience. Maybe I have only found males:-) Wingless, adult, outside the range of the maritime earwig, I don't think there are any alternatives but the ring-legged earwig. Wonderful image, by the way!
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 December, 2005 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

Her eggs?
If this is a female, I'll bet she was guarding her eggs. Female earwigs stay with their offspring for a time -- one of those few instances of parental care among insects.
… Jim McClarin, 25 September, 2005 - 8:11am login or register to post comments

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