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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Large Rove Beetles (Staphylininae) » Staphylinini » Staphylinina » Tasgius
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Earwig - Tasgius
Copyright © 2009 Takuya Morihisa

Earwig - Tasgius
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
November 21, 2009

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Contributed by Takuya Morihisa on 23 November, 2009 - 11:20pm
Last updated 24 November, 2009 - 8:58am

suspect Tasgius melanarius -- will check with gurus
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 24 November, 2009 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

 
Let's just leave this at Tasg
Let's just leave this at Tasgius for now, I think it's hard to see detail in this photo.

Adam
… Adam Brunke, 24 November, 2009 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

 
fine -- thanks again, Adam
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… v belov, 24 November, 2009 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you so much guys.
Which part should I photograph to identify this kind of bug?
… Takuya Morihisa, 24 November, 2009 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

Staphylinid
Pretty sure this is actually a rove beetle and not an earwig. One of the experts on this site will likely be able to tell you much more. This is not an ID, but please see this similar looking beetle, also from Ontario:

… Harsi S. Parker, 23 November, 2009 - 11:54pm login or register to post comments

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