Earwig on the remote camera 5 housing at Race Rocks, November 16, 2007.P.B. photo
An interesting fact about these insect is that they are found on every continent except Antarctica. They have a pair of forceps-like pincers on their abdomen. Short folded wings or forewings give the scientific order name “skin wings”– Dermaptera
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Sub-Phylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Sub-Class Pterygota
Order Dermaptera , (De Geer, 1773)
Family Forficulidae
Genus Forficula
Species auricularia
Common Name: European Earwig
| Other Members of the Phylum Arthropoda at Race Rocks |
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 The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams.
Garry Fletcher |