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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Earwigs (Dermaptera) » Common Earwigs (Forficulidae) » Forficula » European Earwig (Forficula auricularia) » immature stages (Forficula auricularia immature stages)
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Wingless insect - Forficula auricularia
Copyright © 2019 Ai Wen

Wingless insect - Forficula auricularia
Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA
June 2, 2019
Size: 1/3 of an inch
Does anyone know what this wingless insect might be? It was found on a common milkweed, and it remained there for hours without moving. Any help is appreciated.

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Wingless insect - Forficula auricularia Wingless insect - Forficula auricularia
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Contributed by Ai Wen on 2 June, 2019 - 9:01pm
Last updated 3 June, 2019 - 10:44am

Moved
F. auricularia nymphs often like to hide in the folds of milkweed leaves like this from my observations

Moved from ID Request.
… metrioptera, 3 June, 2019 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID
Thanks for the ID
… Ai Wen, 3 June, 2019 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

Appears to be an earwig of so
Appears to be an earwig of some sort.
… kdclower, 2 June, 2019 - 9:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks. Guess this must be a
Thanks. Guess this must be a nymph?
… Ai Wen, 2 June, 2019 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

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