Earwig Archives - Singapore Geographic https://www.singaporegeographic.com/tag/earwig 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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]]> https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/insect/earwig/feed 0 7585 Earwig – Spongiphoridae sp https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/insect/earwig-spongiphoridae-sp?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=earwig-spongiphoridae-sp https://www.singaporegeographic.com/insects/insect/earwig-spongiphoridae-sp#respond Tue, 18 May 2021 11:10:33 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=5211 Spongiphoridae is a family of little earwigs in the suborder Neodermaptera. There are more than 40 genera and 510 described species in Spongiphoridae. Wikipedia Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Wikipedia The name earwig is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word meaning “ear creature,” […]

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]]> Spongiphoridae is a family of little earwigs in the suborder Neodermaptera. There are more than 40 genera and 510 described species in Spongiphoridae. Wikipedia

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

The name earwig is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word meaning “ear creature,” probably because of a widespread ancient superstition that earwigs crawl into the ears of sleeping people. Britannica

Dairy Farm Nature Park – May 2021

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