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Lesser Earwig Labia minor

This species is known to visit moth traps but it took me years of moth-trapping before I found one. Every now and then I'd get excited about a small earwig, only to find it was just a young Common Earwig. Eventally these two turned up...

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Lesser Earwig Labia minor shwowing close-up of antenna, hind tarsus and forceps, Wendling Beck Project (Norfolk, UK), 8th September 2023


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second Lesser Earwig Labia minor shwowing close-up of antenna, hind tarsus (above and below) and forceps, Wendling Beck Project (Norfolk, UK), 8th September 2023


After nearly 12 years of nightly trapping, I finally caught one in my garden in 2026.

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Lesser Earwig Labia minor shwowing hind tarsus, antenna, elytra and wings, and forceps, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 29th July 2026






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