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to have established itself at Newport, R. L, and another colony of this 

 species was discovered at Seattle, Wash, in 1915 (Fig. 78). Both of these 

 colonies are increasing and spreading rapidly. The adults lay their 

 eggs in the ground in the fall and the adult females winter there also. 



FIG. 77. Adults of ;i Wingless Earwig (Anisolabis maritima Bon.), natural size: a, male; 



b, female. (Original.) 



The nymphs feed on green plant shoots, injuring garden plants and flowers 

 during the spring, and later in the season turn their attention to blossoms, 

 eating the stamens and bases of the petals. The adults too, feed on 

 these and also on dead flies, larvae, and even dead or dying individuals 



FIG. 78. Males (a) and females (6) of the European Earwig (Forficula auricularia L.), 

 about twice natural size. (From U. S. D. A. Bull. 566.) 



of their own kind. Their actual injuries however, are far less serious than 

 the annoyance caused by their presence in residences, where they crawl 

 over everything at night and hide under chair cushions, dishes, in folds 

 of clothing and in all crevices in and about the houses during the day. 



