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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Earwigs (Dermaptera) » Common Earwigs (Forficulidae) » Forficula » European Earwig (Forficula auricularia)
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European earwig - Forficula auricularia - male
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

European earwig - Forficula auricularia - Male
Odiorne State Park, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
September 22, 2007
Size: 18-19mm, incl. forceps
In this species the male forceps or pincers have a tooth on the inner margin.

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European earwig - Forficula auricularia - male - female European earwig - Forficula auricularia - male - female European earwig - Forficula auricularia - male European earwig - Forficula auricularia - male European earwig - Forficula auricularia - male
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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 24 September, 2007 - 5:37pm
Last updated 1 November, 2010 - 6:33pm

Reminds me of...
This picture of this part of the Earwig makes me think of the business end of an Antlion.
… Bot Fly Leo, 16 March, 2008 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Right!
For some reason I held the impression for years that their forceps were fake or decoy mandibles. It wasn't till seeing an image on bugguide of an earwig with an ant clamped in its forceps that I realized I had been wrong, wrong, wrong.
… Jim McClarin, 16 March, 2008 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

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