Bug FAQHop-garden Earwig
Apterygida albipennis · Order: Dermaptera · Family: Forficulidae
The hop-garden earwig is a European earwig species known as the short-winged earwig. It has short wings and hardened forewings, is reddish-brown with yellow legs, and lives in warm hedges and woodland edges, especially on field maples. Its range extends from southern Sweden to Greece and from Portugal to Ukraine.
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How to recognize it
It is reddish-brown in colour with yellow legs.
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Size
It has short wings and elytra.
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Where it lives
It is found mainly in warm hedges and woodland edges, especially on field maples (Acer campestre).
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Questions people ask
What does the hop-garden earwig look like?
It is reddish-brown with yellow legs and has short wings and elytra.
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Where is the hop-garden earwig found?
It lives in warm hedges and woodland edges, especially on field maples, across a range from southern Sweden to Greece and Portugal to Ukraine.
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Same family (Forficulidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apterygida_media
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