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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Earwigs (Dermaptera) » Little Earwigs (Spongiphoridae) » Spongiphorinae » Vostox
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Earwig - Vostox - female
Copyright © 2008 Sam Houston

Earwig - Vostox - Female
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
July 20, 2008
Size: 13mm (1/2")
Please help with ID.
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 21 July, 2008 - 10:54am
Last updated 9 April, 2012 - 12:32am

Moved tentatively
Moved from Little Earwigs.
… v belov, 9 April, 2012 - 12:32am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Earwigs.

The feet are wrong for Forficulidae or Chelisochidae, the wings are wrong for Anisolabididae/Carcinophoridae, the antennae and the thorax-coloration are wrong for Labiduridae, and it looks nothing like Pygidicranidae. That just leaves Labiidae.

This has enough detail that we should be able to narrow it down further. Off the top of my head, Vostox brunneipennis looks good- especially since it's been reported from Oklahoma:
… Chuck Entz, 5 February, 2010 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from European Earwig.
… Eric R. Eaton, 17 January, 2010 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

ID...
Nice pic of the common female European earwig (Forficula auricularia).

See reference below:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/23281
… Ross Hill, 22 July, 2008 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Not European earwig.
Moving this back to order page for now.
… Eric R. Eaton, 17 January, 2010 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

Looks like an earwig.
Looks like an earwig.
… Ilona L., 21 July, 2008 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

 
It is.
It 'is' an earwig. Not sure of family, genus, or species, though.
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 July, 2008 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

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