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)

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