Saturday, July 02, 2011

Found Another Of Those Earwigs

Digital Photos Below

When I saw this one this past Tuesday night, I put it in a plastic sandwich bag. I then put it in the freezer. In its death throes, it bent its back over double and opened wide its pincers and closed them several times while writhing about. As it got colder, it straightened out its body and closed its pincers.

Here in Florida, the common type earwig has what looks something like an oblong segmented shield centered on its underbelly, while on this one the segments go all the way across its abdomen.








P. S. I really should buy a better camera.