FORFJCULODEA. 



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for piercing plants to cause the flow of juices, on 

 which the insects mav then feed. 



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This brings us to the question of food, in connection 

 with which another interesting point arises. It is only 

 too clear that in the garden the common earwig attacks 



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FIG. 3. Deformed callipers of British earwigs. 1. Forficula auricu- 

 laria Linnaeus, $, Oxford, Apr. 1898 ( x 5). 2. F. auricularia, $ , 

 Warwick, Sept. 1905 (x 5). 3. F. auricularia, g, Teddington, 

 11 Apr. 1908 ( x 5). 4. F. auricularia, $ , Deal, Sept. 1905 ( x 5). 

 5. Forficula lesnei Finot, $ , Boxhill, 1 Sept. 1898 ( x 5). 6. Aptery- 

 gida albipennis Megerle, $, near Dover, 7 Sept. 1908 ( x 5). 7, 

 Labidura riparia Pallas, <? , Southbourne, 31 Aug. 1912 (x 2'5). 

 8. L. riparia, $ , Southboume, 26 Aug. 1912 ( x 2 - o). 



the petals of dahlias and other flowers, though pos- 

 sibly the nectar at the base of the petals may in some 

 cases be the real attraction. Ripe fruit is also pro- 

 vender to its liking, fallen or damaged examples being 

 usually, if not always, those attacked. Yet it seems 



