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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Earwigs (Dermaptera) » Anisolabididae » Euborellia » African Earwig (Euborellia cincticollis)
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Banana bug - Euborellia cincticollis
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Banana bug - Euborellia cincticollis
Chilton County, Alabama, USA
August 12, 2018
Appears to be a type of earwig. His thorax is brown. It looks like he has two sets of wings (banana peels). His abdomen is black and finely segmented. At the end of his abdomen is a set of pinchers(?) He never did completely close. ID suggestion: Doru taeniatum.

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Contributed by John Morgan on 13 August, 2018 - 9:32am
Last updated 12 February, 2019 - 7:24pm

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