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Earwig

Family Labiduridae

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Species ID Suggestions

Earwig

Family Labiduridae
Johan Heyns
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LivanEscudero
It's an Earwig of some kind. Looks very much like the ones in the genus Doru. I suspect it is a Doru species, but I don't know if or which could be found in Africa. Here are some American cousins perhaps: http://bugguide.net/node/view/90395
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2012

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