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Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera.With about 2,000 species [1] in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Earwigs have characteristic cerci, a pair of forceps-like pincers on their abdomen, and membranous wings folded underneath short, rarely used forewings, hence the scientific order name, "skin wings".
The female earwig lays a clutch of about 50 eggs in an underground nest in the autumn. She enters a dormant state and stays in the nest with the eggs. Common earwigs exhibit varying levels of maternal care. Female earwigs typically show maternal care through behaviors such as guarding and tending to their eggs and nymphs.
The earwigs will mate soon after they reach adulthood, and after a period of approximately eleven days, the eggs are laid. [7] Ringlegged earwigs generally complete two to three generations per year, or one for spring and one for autumn, and a single generation can be completed in 61 days. [6]
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Chelisochidae is a family of earwigs [3] [4] whose members are commonly known as black earwigs. [5] The family contains a total of approximately 96 species, spread across sixteen genera in three subfamilies.
The earwig was endemic to Saint Helena, being found on the Horse Point Plain, Prosperous Bay Plain, and the Eastern Arid Area of the island. It was known to have lived in plain areas, gumwood forests and seabird colonies in rocky places. The earwig inhabited deep burrows, coming out only at night following rain.
Forficulidae is a family of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. There are more than 70 genera and 490 described species in Forficulidae. ... Wikipedia® is a registered ...
Doru aculeatum (Scudder, 1876) i c g b (spine-tailed earwig); Doru albipes (Fabricius, 1787) c g; Doru beybienkoi Steinmann, 1979 c g; Doru cincinnatoi Machado, 1967 c g; Doru davisi Rehn and Hebard, 1914 i c g