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Earwig

Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Earwigs have characteristic cerci, a pair of forceps-like pincers on their abdomen, and membranous wings folded underneath short, rarely used forewings, hence the scientific order name, "skin wings". Some groups are tiny…

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related to In literature and folklore · 40
Earwig → Alfred, And, April, Boomerang, But, Century Of Creepy Stories, Chinpo-Basami, Chinpo-Kiri, England, Finnegans Wake, From, George's Grandma, George's Marvellous Medicine, Grandma, HCE, Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker, In, In Roald Dahl's, It, James Joyce's
related to Evolution · 37
Earwig → Amongst, Archidermaptera, Arixeniidae, Arixeniina, Australia, Blattodea, Dermaptera, Dermodermaptera, Dictyoptera, Diploglassata, DNA, Early Jurassic, Embioptera, England, Eodermaptera, Europe, Forficulina, Giles, Hemimeridae, Hemimerina
related to Distribution · 21
Earwig → Americas, Anisolabididae, Australia, Canada, Doru, Earwigs, Eurasia, Europe, Few, Forficula, Forficulidae, Great Britain, However, Labiduridae, North America, Ontario, Out, Spongiphoridae, The, They
related to External links · 21
Earwig → Archived, Bulletin, California, California Insect Survey, December, DeemRinglegged, Earwig Research Center, Fabian Haas, Heidi Hopkins, HeilbronnDermaptera Species File, IFAS Featured Creatures, JA Powell, Lesley, Maehr, Michael, Order Dermaptera, RL, The, UF, Wayback Machine
related to Predators and parasites · 17
Earwig → Another, Astigmata, At, Earwigs, European, Hippolyte Lucas, Histiostoma, Histiostomatidae, Laboulbeniales, Mermis, Ocytata, One, Tachinidae, The, Their, Triarthria, Vespula
related to Morphology · 16
Earwig → Anisolabisidae, Apachyidae, Australian, Both, Diplatyidae, Earwigs, Karschiellidae, Labidura, Labiduridae, Males, Most, Pygidicranidae, Saint Helena, The, These, Titanolabis
related to Behavior · 15
Earwig → Blue Ridge Mountains, Doru, Food, For, Gloucestershire, Hawaii, In August, It, Most, South Africa, Species, Stroud, UK, Under, United States
related to Life cycle and reproduction · 13
Earwig → After, Afterward, Arixeniina, Each, Earwigs, From, Hemimerina, She, Some, Studies, The, They, When
related to Etymology · 8
Earwig → Charles De Geer, Dermaptera, Earwigs, Entomologists, Greek, It, Old English, The
related to Relationship with humans · 8
Earwig → Earwigs, France, Germany, Some, The, Their, There, They

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earwigs species found eggs dermaptera insects order cerci hemimerina also nymphs insect common arixeniina one suborders pincers neodermaptera suborder female

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Earwigis aomnivore0.90text
differences in pincer shapes begins to show.Extant Dermaptera belong to the suborder Neodermapterainstance ofsexual dimorphism0.80text
which first appeared during the Cretaceousinstance ofsexual dimorphism0.80text
barkinstance ofin various forms0.80text
fallen logsinstance ofin various forms0.80text
bluebottle fliesinstance ofbut also large insects0.80text
woolly aphidsinstance ofbut also large insects0.80text
near sinksinstance ofDuring the summer they can be found around damp areas0.80text
in bathroomsinstance ofDuring the summer they can be found around damp areas0.80text
Earwigrelated to BehaviorMost0.60section
Earwigrelated to BehaviorSpecies0.60section
Earwigrelated to BehaviorHawaii0.60section

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