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Earwig... - Forficula auricularia - male
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Earwig... - Forficula auricularia - Male
Illinois, USA
European Earwig?
Contributed by gehan gehale on 30 October, 2005 - 8:09am
Last updated 4 July, 2006 - 3:06pm

Earwig!
You got it! Its a male European Earwig. You can tell its a male by the large curved cerci (pinchers). Female have straight ones.
… David Robertson, 30 October, 2005 - 10:55am

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