Found an earwig on a rock near a stream. The dirt I found it in is moist and there were a few plants and moss surround the area as well. It is small, about half an inch big.
A male Maritime Earwig in East Matunuck, RI. A little over an inch long.
Earwig is the common name given to the insect order Dermaptera, characterized by membranous wings folded underneath short forewings, hence the literal translation of the order being "skin wings". The abdomen extends beyond the wings, and frequently ends in a pair of forceps-like structures called cerci. The order is relatively small among Insecta, with about 1,800 recorded species in 12 families. Earwigs are found in the Americas and Europe. There is no evidence that they transmit...
