Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Psocoptera but not? > Nymphal earwig!

Posted by blowave on 31-01-2012 23:39
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Hi,

This little cutie I found dead near plants inside, it's only ~2mm. It seems the antennae don't fit Psocoptera, the eyes remind me of a springtail! Does anyone know what it is?

Found on 25th January, near Lincoln UK.

Janet
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Posted by Matt Bertone on 01-02-2012 21:12
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Nymphal earwig (Dermaptera)

Posted by blowave on 02-02-2012 00:49
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Matt Bertone wrote:
Nymphal earwig (Dermaptera)


Amazing! Thanks Matt! I kept thinking I recognised the pattern on the head but couldn't place it! It was so small it looked like a bread crumb but I have a sharp eye for bread crumb look-alikes. Grin

I have seen a family of very small white earwigs which didn't look like this, they were probably bigger and newly moulted.