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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Earwigs (Dermaptera) » Forficulidae » Forficula »  European Earwig (Forficula auricularia)
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Looks like a flower longhorn, but what's with the mandibles in the back? Or is that the front? - Forficula auricularia - male
Copyright © 2009 ericj69

Looks like a flower longhorn, but what's with the mandibles in the back? Or is that the front? - Forficula auricularia - Male
St. Anthony, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
September 25, 2009
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Contributed by ericj69 on 25 September, 2009 - 10:51am
Last updated 25 September, 2009 - 1:01pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Abigail M. Parker, 25 September, 2009 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

Not an expert but...
This is an Earwig.

Possible that it is a European Earwig (Forficula auricularia)
… Ron M., 25 September, 2009 - 10:56am login or register to post comments

 
yes, a long-forceps male
they are much less common than the ones with the 'standard issue' armament
… v belov, 25 September, 2009 - 11:24am login or register to post comments

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