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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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Creepy Pincher bug - Forficula auricularia - male
Copyright © 2008 Greg

Creepy Pincher bug - Forficula auricularia - Male
Orleans, Barnstable County, Cape Cod County, Massachusetts, USA
September 25, 2008
Size: half inch
found this creepy thing on my computer table the other morning. Is it an earwig? What's the use of a creature like this?
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Contributed by Greg on 25 September, 2008 - 7:20pm
Last updated 27 November, 2009 - 4:07pm

yeah its an earwig
They mainly eat decomposing wood
… Vespula Vulgaris, 25 September, 2008 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Male European earwig.
Forficula auricularia is the species. Actually, they are highly omnivorous, will scavenge as well, and at least occasionally nibble on the foliage and flowers of live plants.
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 September, 2008 - 1:03am login or register to post comments

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