Earwig
Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera and are found throughout the Americas, Africa, Eurasia, Australia and New Zealand. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Earwigs have characteristic cerci, a pair of forceps-like pincers on their abdomen, and membranous wings folded underneath short forewings, hence the scientific order name, "skin wings." Some groups are tiny parasites on mammals and lack the typical pincers. Earwigs rarely use their flying ability.
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. Damage to foliage, flowers, and various crops is commonly blamed on earwigs, especially the common earwig Forficula auricularia.
Earwigs have five molts in the year before they become adults. Many earwig species display maternal care, which is uncommon among insects. Female earwigs may care for their eggs, and even after they have hatched as nymphs will continue to watch over offspring until their second molt. As the nymphs molt, sexual dimorphism such as differences in pincer shapes begins to show.
Earwig (disambiguation)
Earwig is the common name for the insect order dermaptera.
Earwig may also refer to:
Earwig (Pegboy album)
Earwig is the second album by Pegboy, released on October 24, 1994 through Quarterstick Records.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Pegboy, except "Revolver" by Clint Conley.
Personnel
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Podcasts:
Earwig
ALBUMS
- Past released: 1992
- Under My Skin I Am Laughing released: 1992
Earwig
ALBUMS
- Gibson Under Mountain released: 2010
- Center of the Earth released: 2006
- Perfect Past Tense released: 2000
- Mayfeeder released:
Earwig
by: PegboyYou, you feel life's a calamity
You, you're not sure who you are
You, you wish you could be someone else
You, you wish that it won't be too far
You, you wish you could be better now
Bet, the grinds getting tougher
Bet, you wish you could be something else
Sometimes life seems much rougher
All your castles of sand have blown away
You're no different then they are
Though your castles of sand are blown away
You're no different then they are.
You, you wish you could be satisfied
feel the rope get tighter
Try, I know that it's withing your sight
Feel the chain get lighter.
All your castles of sand seem blown away
You're no different than they are
Though your castles of sand have blown away
You're no different than they are
Why on earth would you have dreams anyway
That's the difference so far.