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European Earwig
Forficula auricularia
29 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
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Easily confused with
Western EarwigForficula dentata
Ring-legged EarwigEuborellia annulipes
Hop-garden EarwigApterygida albipennis
Lesser EarwigLabia minor
Shore EarwigLabidura riparia
Forficula mediterranea
Maritime EarwigAnisolabis maritima
Chelidurella acanthopygia
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 51,762 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 46,500 |
| Canada | 2,972 |
| Ontario | 2,235 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,506 |
| Illinois | 1,374 |
| New York | 1,178 |
| Massachusetts | 1,098 |
| Virginia | 1,052 |
| Maryland | 991 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Earwigs · Dermaptera |
| Family | Common Earwigs · Forficulidae |
| Genus | Forficula |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise European Earwig with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.