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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Earwigs (Dermaptera) » Common Earwigs (Forficulidae) » Forficula » Forficula dentata
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What is this? - Forficula dentata
Copyright © 2012 Cynthia Bingham Keiser

What is this? - Forficula dentata
Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA
January 2, 2012
This silver and brown insect was underneath a rock in our yard.

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What is this? - Forficula dentata What is this? - Forficula dentata
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Contributed by Cynthia Bingham Keiser on 2 January, 2012 - 11:52pm
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
Moved from ID Request.
… Chuck Entz, 3 January, 2012 - 12:53am login or register to post comments

Not an ID
but makes me think cricket.
… John R. Maxwell, 2 January, 2012 - 11:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Probably not possible to ID...
but definitely some type of immature earwig.

I say probably not possible to ID because none of the things we would use for identification are developed at this early stage and/or aren't visible.

If I had to guess, though, I would say Forficulidae because of the longer forceps
… Chuck Entz, 3 January, 2012 - 12:39am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I looked at the forceps and thought cerci and assume it was a young nymph or subterranean form. Wow was I off. :-)
… John R. Maxwell, 3 January, 2012 - 7:41am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
That makes sense. Thank you for the information and guess! I did see a European Earwig in the same area a month and a half ago with eggs. Would this be the stage the nymph would be in? Of course I don't know WHEN it laid the eggs. Here's a pic http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7834062
… Cynthia Bingham Keiser, 3 January, 2012 - 12:46am login or register to post comments

 
For a nice series of European Earwigs...
take a look at this:
… Chuck Entz, 3 January, 2012 - 12:59am login or register to post comments

 
Nice!
Great pic. Someday I'll be able to afford a macro :)
… Cynthia Bingham Keiser, 3 January, 2012 - 1:01am login or register to post comments

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