#earwigs

[antiqueanimals]

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: vol. 2 - Insects. Written by Dr. Bernhard Grzimek. 1984.

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1.) Wart-biter (Decticus verrucivorus)

2.) Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima)

3.) Saddle-backed bush cricket (Ephippiger ephippiger)

4.) European earwig (Forficula auricularia)

[sandpaperoctopi]

merry earwig time

[bwabbitv3s]

What Do Earwigs Do With Those Pincers Anyway? | Deep Look

Earwigs are equipped with some pretty imposing pincers on their rear, and they're not afraid to use them. But when it comes to these appendages, size isn't everything.

[cicadian-rhythm]

i love you ants

i love you wasps

i love you bees

i love you weevils

i love you beetles

i love you butterflies

i love you moths.

i love you caddisflies

i love you cockroaches

i love you crickets

i love you grasshoppers

i love you katydids

i love you diplurans!

i love you dragonflies

i love you damselflies

i love you earwigs

i love you fleas

i love you flies

i love you water scorpions

i love you aphids

i love you cicadas

i love you lacewings

i love you lice

i love you mantises

i love you mayflies

i love you alderflies

i love you scorpionflies

i love you stoneflies

i love you termites

i love you thrips

i love you assassin bugs

i love you bedbugs

i love you giant water bugs

i love you stink bugs

i love you leaf insects

i love you spiders

i love you scorpions

i love you mosquitos

i love you mosquito hawks

i love you daddy long legs

i love you ticks

i love you millipedes

i love you centipedes

i love you maggots

i love you locusts

i love you hornets

i love you yellow jackets

i love you ladybugs

i love you pillbugs

i love you giant isopods

i love all of the creepy crawlies and bugs and insects and arachnids... i love you guys...

[thefugitivesaint]

‘The Earwig Comes to Dinner’, ''The Everyday Library for Young People'', Vol. 1, 1916 Source

[kettlechip-krispy-kreme]

earwig (order Dermaptera) info-dump bc they're really cool insects that have really unique behaviors

- there are about 2,000 different species of earwigs, 10 of which are native to north america. earwigs when in there native ranges are extremely beneficial to the environment

- the european earwig (Forficula auricularia) is an invasive species in north america, and unfortunately is now a super common insect to see

- earwigs are edible! i have been told they taste like soft shell crab

- earwigs are extremely maternal, once a female earwig legs eggs she will care for them until adulthood. this is rare, only about 1% of all insects are maternal

- hump earwigs (Anechura harmandi) commit what's called matriphagy. after months of the mom raising her young, the offspring will then consume her

- sometimes earwig moms will abuse/neglect their young. those young will then share food and take care of each other, typically those behaviors are only seen in social Hymenoptera (bees, ants, and wasps)

- earwigs have some of the most intricate wings. there's about 20 different fold lines, and fold up to be 10x or more smaller than when the earwig is in flight. no other animal wing is this complex

- the giant earwig (Labidura herculeana) now extinct grew to be about 3 inches long

bonus photo of my earwig tattoo :)

[vrgssmncht]

PRIDE FLAG INVERT!!! Thank you for all the people who requested the critters!! :DDD @maxwellshimbo @sandpaperoctopi @cheezwizzer

[bitsandbirds]

Lovely lady (based on the straight cerci) chilling on the curtains.

Female European Earwig (Forficula auricularia agg.), Ireland

[velvetwyrms]

Love the little icon that I doodled for a research paper I wrote. I hope that every time I post you think of me, as a little earwig, scurrying along to give you a morsel of favourite character like:

[upennmanuscripts]

Watch out for spiders, earwigs (?), and beetles! These are just a few creepy-crawlies to be found in a manuscript we're going to be featuring all year - Ms. Codex 3, three volumes of paintings or hand-colored sketches depicting mainly insects, fish and other marine life, birds and flowers. We don't know much about these books except that they were made in Japan, probably in the 19th century. If you know more, let us know!

🔗:

[the-scungles-of-crungles]

Ok bug people. You're all fucking lying to me.

There are earwigs that dig into trees. There's earwigs. In my fucking tree. No beetles, no termites, just these fucking earwigs.

They're doing this. There's some kind of fucking conspiracy to gaslight people into thinking this isn't a thing but I KNOW it.

[antiqueanimals]

The Backyard Bestiary. Written by Ton de Joode and Anthonie Stolk. Illustrated by Kees de Kiefte. 1982.

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[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2023 | Image IDs: Two photos of a black, brown, and red earwig protecting its white eggs on top of a reddish brown leaf /End IDs.]

[toadlett]

Did a wee shop update! New in my store are a tshirt with a lot of earwigs on it, plus big colourful stickers of my boar design and a boto dolphin. I'm also running low on Owl People book 1, Saint begone and boar t-shirts, so get them before they run out if you'd like one!

www.etsy.com/shop/Toadlett

[c10wntown]

Hav this Bug Anton drawing we did

+ lil doodle (ft pepp) and the amount of layers n hours speant 😭, actually really hurt our right arm alot,but its alright now

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Insects

Hymenoptera. This order is made up of wasps, ants, and bees. Their mouthparts are adapted for chewing, or in many species have become a proboscis for sucking nectar.

Dermaptera. This order is made up of earwigs, flat nocturnal insects, which are mostly scavengers.