Dermaptera Collection

Curtis British Entomology Plate 560
Dermaptera: *Forficula borealis (Northern Earwig), probably = F. auricularia [Plant: Teucrium scorodonia (Wood Sage or Germander)] Date: 1824-39

Male St Helena giant earwig
Named in 1798 by the Danish zoologist Fabricus, Labidura herculeanais theworlds longest earwig speciesreaching up to 78mm in length including its forceps. Date: 1798

Earwig - in dry foliage (Dermaptera sp). Sengilen mountain range, South Tuva, Russia

Earwig skin in Baltic amber
A shed earwig skin in Baltic amber, this specimen has very long pincers. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene. Image from Amber the Natural Time Capsule

Earwig in amber
An earwig preserved in Dominican amber. Specimen dates from the Lower Miocene

Forficula auricularia, common earwig
Earwigs usually inhabit damp crevaces in houses, gardens and woodland. They range from 8-18mm long, are scavenging insects and emerge at night

Earwig, also showing its eggs and newly-hatched young

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