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Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>A Deep Look Into the Wacky and Wild Lives of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Earwigs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earwigs</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> participate in elaborate courtships, are devoted parents, occasionally eat each other and have a gregarious <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/deep-look-into-the-wacky-and-wild-lives-of-earwigs-180985482/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smithsonianmag.com/science-nat</span><span class="invisible">ure/deep-look-into-the-wacky-and-wild-lives-of-earwigs-180985482/</span></a></p>
Flipboard<p>Now, to earwigs, which seemingly have more vibrant social lives than we do (though based on this <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.science/@KnowableMag" class="u-url mention">@<span>KnowableMag</span></a></span> story, we’ll stick with what we’ve got). Tim Vernimmen writes about their 20-hour mating rituals, peculiar penises, protective parenting, and occasional cannibalism. </p><p><a href="https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2024/social-life-of-earwigs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knowablemagazine.org/content/a</span><span class="invisible">rticle/living-world/2024/social-life-of-earwigs</span></a></p><p>🧵 8/12</p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Entomology</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Earwigs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Earwigs</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Newstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NewstodonFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a></p>
Substandard Nerd<p>There are earwigs in my tent.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Festivals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Festivals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Camping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Camping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Womad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Womad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Womad24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Womad24</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Womad2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Womad2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Earwigs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earwigs</span></a></p>
Bette<p>Has your rural-type mailbox become home to dozens of earwigs? No, really, it's a thing. I didn't know that when I got the mail last time and dozens of the little buggers were swarming inside the box. Things one can use to get rid of them include: boric acid powder &amp; dryer sheets, as well as peppermint, cinnamon, eucalyptus and basil scents.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Earwigs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earwigs</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Infestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infestation</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mailbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mailbox</span></a></p>
Mike Smale<p>Happy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BandcampFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BandcampFriday</span></a> to all who celebrate!</p><p><a href="https://mikesmale.bandcamp.com/album/earwig-rising" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mikesmale.bandcamp.com/album/e</span><span class="invisible">arwig-rising</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OriginalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OriginalMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Synthesizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Synthesizers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MusicProduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MusicProduction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectronicMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectronicMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Earwigs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earwigs</span></a></p>
Elizabeth<p>What’s eating my <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/strawberries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strawberries</span></a>? These bare stems had blossoms! My best guess is a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/grasshopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grasshopper</span></a>. I saw one on the front lawn last week. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/grasshoppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grasshoppers</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pests</span></a> </p><p>I’ve also seen <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/earwigs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earwigs</span></a>, but the tippy-top end of a stem isn’t their turf. I think. I found one under a potted plant today, and one while rinsing my lettuce, which I harvested by cutting the whole head at the root.</p>
Alex Wild<p>Earwig moms remind me of fierce dragons, guarding their eggs in secret lairs under the earth. </p><p>But with butt forceps instead of fire.</p><p>Photo from Monday, at UT Austin's Brackenridge Field Laboratory.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Euborellia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Euborellia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Earwigs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earwigs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dermaptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dermaptera</span></a></p>