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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Earwigs (Dermaptera) » Little Earwigs (Spongiphoridae) » Spongiphorinae » Marava » Chief Earwig (Marava arachidis)
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Earwig thing - Marava arachidis
Copyright © 2011 Vespula Vulgaris

Earwig thing - Marava arachidis
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 9, 2011
Size: 11 mm
This guy came out of a crack in my bumble bee box while I was cleaning it. Doesn't look like your average european, but I guess it could be a nymph

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Contributed by Vespula Vulgaris on 10 July, 2011 - 11:09am
Last updated 11 January, 2018 - 3:22pm

Moved
Moved from Marava.
… john and jane balaban, 11 January, 2018 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively; i've spent some time agonizing about this one
now i'm convinced Ken's right

Moved from Earwigs.
… v belov, 12 August, 2012 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 July, 2011 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

Not an ID, just an observation...
It reminds me a bit of this one:



Maybe it's something in that vicinity. I'll be interested to see where it lands.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 July, 2011 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

 
Cool!
I still have the specimen (alive) if anybody wants it for proper species ID
… Vespula Vulgaris, 10 July, 2011 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

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