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Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera.With about 2,000 species [1] 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, rarely used forewings, hence the scientific order name, "skin wings".
A pseudoscorpion has eight legs with five to seven segments each; the number of fused segments is used to distinguish families and genera. They have two very long pedipalps with palpal chelae (pincers), which strongly resemble the pincers found on a scorpion.
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Scutigera coleoptrata, also known as the house centipede, is a species of centipede that is typically yellowish-grey and has up to 15 pairs of long legs. Originating in the Mediterranean region, it has spread to other parts of the world, where it can live in human homes. [1]
The name "amblypygid" means "blunt tail", a reference to a lack of the flagellum that is otherwise seen in whip scorpions. Amblypygids possess no silk glands or venom . They rarely bite if threatened but can grab fingers with their pedipalps , resulting in thornlike puncture injuries.
A pair of mating D. femorata in the Hudson Highlands region of New York. The common walkingstick is a slender, elongated insect that camouflages itself by resembling a twig. . The sexes differ, with the male usually being brown and about 75 mm (3 in) in length while the female is greenish-brown, and rather larger at 95 mm (3.7 i
These are small, carrot-shaped insects—about 13 to 25 millimeters in size—with long antennae, six short legs, and bristle-like appendages on the rear. Where They're Common: ...
It is sometimes also known as the cock-tail beetle [6] for its habit of raising its abdomen. One dictionary suggested that the name developed in parallelism with ladybird and its Norse cognates. [7] In Irish, the beetle is called dearga-daol [8] or darbh-daol. [9] The Irish also called it "the coffin cutter."