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THE STUDY OF INSECTS 



The seaside earwig, Anisolabis marliima, which is about f of an 

 inch in length, is found along the Atlantic Coast from Maine to Texas. 

 Both pairs of wings are absent in this species. 



The handsome earwig, Prolabia pulchella, is a shining chestnut-brown 



Fig. 209. — A , Male with short forceps; 

 B, forceps of female; C, long type of forceps 

 of male. (After Morse.) 



species found in the southern United States under the bark of dead trees. 

 It is about \ of an inch in length. 



The European earwig, Forjicula auriculdria, (Fig. 209), was found at 

 Newport, Rhode Island, in 191 1 and has now become established in the 

 vStates of New York, Oregon, Washington and California. It is about f of 

 an inch in length and of a rich reddish-brown with the wing-covers and legs 

 a dull yellowish-brown. This earwig is nearly omnivorous although it is 

 especially injurious to flowers and green plants. It often occurs in great 

 numbers and becomes a serious pest. 



