Dermaptera Archives - Singapore Geographic https://www.singaporegeographic.com/tag/dermaptera Singapore Biodiversity, List of Wild Animals, Insect, Nature Article that has been recorded in Singapore. Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:41:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 135464637 Earwig https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/insect/earwig?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=earwig https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/insect/earwig#respond Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:40:12 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=7585 Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Wikipedia Earwigs are mostly nocturnal and often hide in small, moist crevices during the day, and are active at night, feeding on a wide variety of insects and plants. The earwig gets its skin-crawling name […]

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]]> Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Wikipedia

Earwigs are mostly nocturnal and often hide in small, moist crevices during the day, and are active at night, feeding on a wide variety of insects and plants.

The earwig gets its skin-crawling name from long-standing myths claiming the insect can climb inside a person’s ear and either live there or feed on their brain https://www.healthline.com/health/earwig-bite

Please help if you know the exact ID for this Earwig.

Location: Windsor Nature Park – Jan 2022

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