Earwig - Dermaptera - Doru aculeatum

Moved

Moved from Doru.

… v belov, 23 December, 2009 - 8:45pm

Thanks V.

… J>N>Dell, 25 December, 2009 - 11:49am

Moved

Moved from Earwigs.

… Chuck Entz, 18 December, 2006 - 12:42am

do there back pinchers really pinch.

I was wondering if they could hurt me with the back pinchers. I am not sure so if you could help me out it would be nice.

… stephen, 2 November, 2006 - 11:03am

Earwigs are considered harmle

Earwigs are considered harmless to people. The pincers may "bite" someone but no venom is prescent.

… J>N>Dell, 2 November, 2006 - 5:07pm

thanks

thanks a lot

… stephen, 6 November, 2006 - 1:22pm

Linear or Riparian:-)

Pretty sure this is either a linear earwig or a riparian earwig. I can never remember how to tell the two apart! Nice image of a 'trophy' male.

… Eric R. Eaton, 14 August, 2006 - 5:09pm

Doru vs. Labidura

Doru has the dark part of the wings so that it looks like there's a dark stripe down the middle of the back. Labidura has the dark lines away from the edges of the wings, so it looks like there's a light stripe down the middle of the back. Besides that, Labidura has up to twice the number of antennal segments that this specimen has.

Nomina Nearctica lists other Doru species, so it might not be Doru lineare/taeniatum.

… Chuck Entz, 17 December, 2006 - 10:15pm

I've moved image to (order).

I've moved image to (order). Thanks Eric.

… J>N>Dell, 14 August, 2006 - 5:26pm

I don't think we have any earwig Geniuses, but someone might be able to ID this to Genus for you. :)

… Lynette Schimming, 12 August, 2006 - 4:05pm

Thank you Lynette for your he

Thank you Lynette for your help. Earwigs are abundant here in the fall.

… J>N>Dell, 12 August, 2006 - 7:27pm