Forficula auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758), (common earwig)

22 Jul 2005 at OSGR: SU47 in Berks, England

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species: Forficula auricularia (Common Earwig)
Genus: Forficula (a genus of earwigs)
Family: FORFICULIDAE (a family of earwigs)
Order: DERMAPTERA (earwigs)
Division (Zoo.): Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
Infraclass: Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass: PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class: INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum: HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum: ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum: ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade: Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom: EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom: ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain: Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life: BIOTA (living things)

Forficula auricularia is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Record Summary	Visiting Ragwort
Found as	Female imago
Date	22 July 2005
Associated organism	Senecio jacobaea
OS grid ref	OSGR: SU47
Lat/Lon	51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W
Vice County	Berks, VC no: 22
Country	England

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Forficula auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758), (common earwig)

22 Jul 2005 at OSGR: SU47 in Berks, England

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Forficula auricularia is also a member of:

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