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maritime earwig? - Anisolabis maritima - male

maritime earwig? - Anisolabis maritima - Male
Odiorne Point State Park, Rye, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
July 24, 2010
Size: 3/4 in.
I know that my other earwig didn't get ID, but I'm hoping someone can confirm this is in fact a maritime earwig. Found it while digging through the rocks on the shore.

I live around that area
I've seen several of these crawling along the shore at Rye Beach

Moved
Moved from Earwigs.

ID not 100-percent, but habitat, length and lack of markings on legs or pale segments in antennae support it (My lack of in-depth experience with earwig ID keeps me from being 100-percent in absence of clear evidence from keys and other published sources)..

It's definitely Anisolabididae from the lack of wings and the asymmetrical forceps.

19 antennal segments is the minimum count for Anisolabis maritima and the maximum for some Euborellia species.

The Euborellia species I know of almost always have one or more pale segments toward the ends of the antennae, and this doesn't.

The main problem in comparing with other images of Anisolabis maritima is the coloration: the body should be darker and the legs should be yellow. I'm assuming this is at least in part due to a strong skewing toward blue in the color balance (though Jim McClarin's images have the same problem and still show more yellow on the legs)

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