Common European earwig  (Forficula auricularia)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Dermaptera
Family Forficulidae
Genus Forficula (1)
Size Length: 13 mm (2)
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Status

Widespread and often common (3).