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Do earwigs sting/bite

Thanks for that Doug - I had it down as an earwig creature too but I
didn't think that earwigs bit. Having said that, I guess that is
what those two large mandibles are for..... Are they carnivorous
creatures?

Best wishes

David

Mon Oct 13, 2003 7:17 am

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I was opening some mail, and next thing i know i start scrathing my upper chest, after about 5 minutes , I feel something attached to me, only to pick off this...	craigcatt2003	Oct 8, 2003 6:54 am
OK - well the picture isn't great but at a guess I think it was a bed bug. You will find a picture at ...	David Glaser unitbusuk	Oct 8, 2003 8:04 am
thxn david but it istn a bed bug actually looks nothing like that picture...	cargojfk@... craigcatt2003	Oct 9, 2003 6:56 am
... picture Oh dear - well I have looked in all my insect books and you have beaten me I am afraid. Sorry!...	David Glaser unitbusuk	Oct 9, 2003 6:57 am
... picture OK, lets try an assassin bug http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomology/factsheets/wheelbug.html they are quite big things!...	David Glaser unitbusuk	Oct 9, 2003 7:22 am
nope not that, no frontal mandibles...	cargojfk@... craigcatt2003	Oct 9, 2003 1:16 pm
Hi Craig, In the picture it does look similar to an earwig. Looking closely it appears to have been damaged and that the tail end is missing. It seems to be a...	DOUGLAS MONTGOMERY douglas_mont...	Oct 13, 2003 7:13 am
Thanks for that Doug - I had it down as an earwig creature too but I didn't think that earwigs bit. Having said that, I guess that is what those two large...	David Glaser unitbusuk	Oct 13, 2003 7:17 am

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