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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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feasting on bird seed - Forficula auricularia - female
Copyright © 2018 A.D.Levine

feasting on bird seed - Forficula auricularia - Female
goshen, Orange County, New York, USA
July 4, 2018
Size: apx 1 cm
large group of these earwigs have invaded my supply of seeds reserved for my bird feeder. Something in Forficula i trust. Curved hind graspers would make this a male.
ID confirmation appreciated.
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Contributed by A.D.Levine on 4 July, 2018 - 1:35pm
Last updated 4 July, 2018 - 5:09pm

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These are actually both adult females - the photo angle in this one just makes it look a little different. The male forceps in F. auricularia are widened at the base and very elongated at the tip, and have a little tooth on the inside as in

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… metrioptera, 4 July, 2018 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

 
thank you
your help is always much appreciated!
… A.D.Levine, 5 July, 2018 - 5:40am login or register to post comments

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