Earwigs are nocturnal predatory insects in the Dermaptera order consisting of nearly 2,000 species. Forficula auricularia, also known as the common earwig or the European earwig, is a species that ...

Earwigs are a nocturnal insect that make up the Greek designated Dermaptera order (“skin wings”). With more than 20 species of Earwigs in the United States alone, earwigs appear on all ...

Oldest arthropod urban legend: the brain-boring earwig The common name of the "earwig," entomologically a member of the order Dermaptera, derives from the Old English "ear wicga," which, roughly ...

Browse the oldest and most important entomology collection in the world with over 30 million insects. Gathered over 300 years, these specimens are key to telling the history of collecting, the science ...