that's it! Very nice!

I like most bugs, but will admit that earwigs are among the few that repulse me. For no good reason, really - I figure there's some sort of subconscious resemblance for me to roaches, which really gross me out. I've been trying to get over my earwigginess this season by looking at them and taking their pictures, and am making some improvement. ;-)

it's really funny how our subconsciousness works... i also have my fair share of unexplained revulsion responses to some taxa whose names i'm too embarrassed to disclose, except for the shared attitude towards Blattaria (the cute polyphagid males excluded)...
please keep an eye out for any non-Euro earwigs!

when a chafer beetle lands on me and I do my Getitoffgetitoff jig, and my friend who doesn't exactly like bugs is looking at me like, "I thought you liked them all?" But I can't help the reaction.

What is a non-Euro earwig, and does that mean this is a Euro one? Most earwigs I find around my house are relatively boring compared to this one. Just brown, with smaller pincers.

Vostox is a noble native

for the information. I see the male has distinctive pincers; is there anything distinctive about the female so I know when I'm looking at one or not?

among earwigs, the male pincers are usually as unique as fingerprints (species-specific, that is), but females are another story: many look very much the same 'orderwide' and, unless the color pattern is peculiar, require examining/counting antenno- and/or tarsomeres to be ID to family, or associated with males to go any further. However, locally, the temperate faunas consist of just a few species, so one learns to tell them apart based on habitat (gardens, riparian, open range, arboreal, &c), looks (size, color)...
the eurotrash is by far the most common in residential situations (across the continent, i suppose)

this discussion will certainly make me pay more attention when I see them now, and I'll also have to go through my photos and post some of the earwig shots I haven't yet. Thank you again!