Maryland Biodiversity Project - Lesser Earwig (Labia minor)

Lesser Earwig Labia minor

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Dermaptera > Family Spongiphoridae > Genus Labia Lesser Earwig - Labia minor - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/6397

Note the bicolored antennae, plain legs, and very short forceps.

There are 3 records in the project database.

A Lesser Earwig spreads its tiny wings to fly in Pasadena, Maryland (7/27/2013). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Lesser Earwig in Newbury, Massachusetts. Photo by Bo Zaremba. (MBP list)

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