Forficula auricularia
European earwig. Northern California, USA.
European earwig. Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Labia minor
Labia minor is a small earwig that has been introduced worldwide with human commerce. This one arrived to a blacklight. Dripping Springs, Texas, USA.
A small earwig unfurls its flight wings with the help of its forceps at a blacklight sheet. Earwigs have one of the most efficient wing-folding designs among insects. Dripping Springs, Texas, USA.
Euborellia annulipes
A female Ring-legged Earwig guards her eggs. Among insects, earwigs are unusually attentive mothers. Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Dermaptera
Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.
Euborellia arcanum
Formally described only in 2015, the mysterious earwig has become common worldwide from uncertain- probably Neotropical- origins. Austin, Texas, USA.
