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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Earwigs (Dermaptera) » Common Earwigs (Forficulidae) » Forficula » Forficula dentata
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immature Earwig ? - Forficula dentata
Copyright © 2009 Beth Sands

immature Earwig ? - Forficula dentata
Sunol regional park , Alameda County, California, USA
December 5, 2009
Size: 1/4 "
I flipped a log and found this little fellow , which looks like an Earwig , but has a rounded buttocks and no visible pinchers . I did not see any grown Earwigs around , so thought maybe it was something different . Thanks for any comments sincerely beth
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Contributed by Beth Sands on 5 December, 2009 - 6:40pm
Last updated 31 December, 2023 - 8:46pm

Moved
Moved from immature stages.
… Connor E.J. Graham, 31 December, 2023 - 8:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from immatures.
… metrioptera, 15 November, 2017 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Chuck Entz, 5 December, 2009 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

Your critter
looks a lot like these young European Earwigs



EXCEPT, I can't see any cerci ("tails") on yours. Could it be that they're present but simply don't show up well on the photo? Or maybe the young of other earwig species don't have obvious cerci. Or maybe it's just something else entirely? I'll be interested in seeing the suggestions of others.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 December, 2009 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Definitely looks like an earwig to me
Young earwigs usually have thin cerci that might not show up against the background if not in focus. they also might have been lost to a near-miss with a predator
… Chuck Entz, 5 December, 2009 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

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