European Earwig: Male, profile

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Earwigs (Dermaptera)

Family:

Earwig (Forficulidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

European Earwig (Forficula auricularia)

This Photo:

Male, profile

Thank you David Muirhead (DaveMMDave) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, the Adelaide Plains and elsewhere
~14mm long plus pincers are a further ~7mm.
Found in the kitchen, so most likely came from produce (fresh vegetables).

This species is classed as

If (Foreign Introduction)

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