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immature stages (Forficula auricularia immature stages)
Photo#60650
Copyright © 2006
Mardon Erbland
Earwig? -
Forficula auricularia
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Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
June 29, 2006
Size: 8mm Body Length
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Contributed by
Mardon Erbland
on 30 June, 2006 - 6:21pm
Last updated 15 November, 2017 - 10:49am
Moved
Moved from
immatures
.
…
metrioptera
, 15 November, 2017 - 10:49am
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Moved
Moved from
Earwigs
.
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v belov
, 11 May, 2009 - 8:02am
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Definitely an Earwig.
Definitely an Earwig.
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Savannah
, 30 June, 2006 - 11:20pm
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Baby?
At first I thought this must be a female given the shape of the tail but after looking around the web a bit more, I think that this is just a baby. Both the size (8mm) and the shape of its body lead me to that conclusion. What do others think? In any event, given your confirmation that it's an earwig, I'm moving it to Dermaptera.
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Mardon Erbland
, 1 July, 2006 - 7:05am
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Definitely immature
I think I see the dilated second tarsal segment that would make this Forficulidae, but the other characters used by the keys I have access to involve number of antennal segments, presence or absence of wings, and shape of cerci- which change from instar to instar. They also are stated to cover only the US, though that might not be a problem.
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Chuck Entz
, 22 December, 2006 - 11:52pm
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