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Spine-tailed Earwig

Doru aculeatum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 2, February 2, March 3, April 7, May 13, June 6, July 5, August 4, September 4, October 4, November 2, December 2.
United States232
Canada55
Ontario55
Ohio49
Indiana35
Michigan28
North Carolina27
New York21
Virginia15
Georgia13

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderEarwigs · Dermaptera
FamilyCommon Earwigs · Forficulidae
GenusDoru

Sources

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