Lesser Earwig

I didn't realize that these had wings! I had only seen them under rocks and never really looked at them closely... Will try to get it down further by browsing bugguide later on.

I didn't realize that these had wings! I had only seen them under rocks and never really looked at them closely... Will try to get it down further by browsing bugguide later on.

I didn't realize that these had wings! I had only seen them under rocks and never really looked at them closely... Will try to get it down further by browsing bugguide later on.

"There were several of these on the sheet at the blacklight. If I didn't look closely to see the ""forceps"" at the tip of the abdomen, these could be confused with the small rove beetles which were also abundant that evening. TL ~7 mm. (This was a Lifer family of insects for me, bringing my World Earwig Life List up to 3 spp. Woo-hoo!)"

"There were several of these on the sheet at the blacklight. If I didn't look closely to see the ""forceps"" at the tip of the abdomen, these could be confused with the small rove beetles which were also abundant that evening. TL ~7 mm. (This was a Lifer family of insects for me, bringing my World Earwig Life List up to 3 spp. Woo-hoo!)"

Dorsal..

Dorsal..

"Longitude (deg): -1.9. Latitude (deg): 50.8. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 60' W. Latitude (deg/min): 50° 50' N. Vice county name: Dorset. Vice county no.: 9. Country: England. Stage: Imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: ""2, winged, at Actinic light sheet"". Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: highly enlarged. Background: silver background. Where photo was taken: On a microscope slide. Orientation: ""Left, or facing to left"". Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS600D dSLR and MP-E 65mm x1 to x5 macro lens. "

"Longitude (deg): -1.9. Latitude (deg): 50.8. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 60' W. Latitude (deg/min): 50° 50' N. Vice county name: Dorset. Vice county no.: 9. Country: England. Stage: Imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: ""2, winged, at Actinic light sheet"". Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: magnified. Background: silver background. Where photo was taken: On a microscope slide. Orientation: ""Left, or facing to left"". Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS600D dSLR and MP-E 65mm x1 to x5 macro lens. "

Summary[edit] Description: English: A microscopic view of little earwig, a member of Labiinae subfamily. Date: 8 November 2017, 14:19:16. Source: Own work. Author: S Shamima Nasrin. Camera location51° 33′ 32″ N, 9° 57′ 21″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 51.558889; 9.955833.

"Longitude (deg): -1.9. Latitude (deg): 50.8. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 60' W. Latitude (deg/min): 50° 50' N. Vice county name: Dorset. Vice county no.: 9. Country: England. Stage: Imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: ""2, winged, at Actinic light sheet"". Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: magnified. Background: silver background. Where photo was taken: On a microscope slide. Orientation: ""Left, or facing to left"". Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS600D dSLR and MP-E 65mm x1 to x5 macro lens. "

Summary[edit] Description: English: lesser earwig (Labia minor) (Linnaeus, 1758). Date: -. Source: https://www.insectimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=5211024. Author: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org.

"Longitude (deg): -1.9. Latitude (deg): 50.8. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 60' W. Latitude (deg/min): 50° 50' N. Vice county name: Dorset. Vice county no.: 9. Country: England. Stage: Imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: ""2, winged, at Actinic light sheet"". Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: highly enlarged. Background: silver background. Where photo was taken: On a microscope slide. Orientation: ""Left, or facing to left"". Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS600D dSLR and MP-E 65mm x1 to x5 macro lens. "