Christy Ó Ceallaigh-Bisson · @GarlicBreath
102 followers · 91 posts · Server blackrocks.social“They’re good because they clean up rotting vegetation, organics like that, so they’re tremendous that way,” he said. “They’re also good because at the same time they’re predatory, they feed on soft-body insects.”
#novascotia #gardening #earwigs
https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/european-earwigs-thriving-in-the-maritimes-this-summer-1.6517972
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Ryan Hodnett · @ryanhodnett
193 followers · 142 posts · Server mastodon.world
European Earwig (Forficula auricularia)
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#Insect #Insects #LichenSubscribe
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#Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:European_Earwig_(Forficula_auricularia),_Female_-_Guelph,_Ontario.jpg
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Ryan Hodnett · @ryanhodnett
198 followers · 147 posts · Server mastodon.worldEuropean Earwig (Forficula auricularia)
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#Insect #Insects #LichenSubscribe
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:European_Earwig_(Forficula_auricularia),_Female_-_Guelph,_Ontario.jpg
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Matt Hodgkinson · @mattjhodgkinson
916 followers · 867 posts · Server scicomm.xyz
TIL that earwigs can fly. Though they mostly don't bother flying, it's a little embarrassing as someone with two biology degrees not to have known this 😳
(HT @aegilops)
They have shimmering, foldable wings that they hide away under their stiff forewings, like beetles do. Their wing deployment reminds me of an unfurling solar sail.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/earwig-origami-wings-how-they-work-insect-flight (includes video)
#Earwigs #FlyingInsects #InsectFlight #AnimalFacts #NationalGeographic #TodayILearned #Biology
#biology #todayilearned #nationalgeographic #animalfacts #insectflight #flyinginsects #earwigs
Ryan Hodnett · @ryanhodnett
157 followers · 115 posts · Server mastodon.world
Common Earwig (Forficula auricularia)
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_Earwig_(Forficula_auricularia),_Female_(37366032016).jpg
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Ian Rose · @ianrosewrites
300 followers · 98 posts · Server scicomm.xyz
Earwigs, folks. No other insect has worse PR than earwigs. This guy doesn't want anything to do with your human ears. He wants to hang out in the soil and eat and be left alone.
#insects #earwigs #soil #wildlife #entomology #uncharismaticmicrofauna
#uncharismaticmicrofauna #entomology #wildlife #soil #earwigs #insects