Labidura riparia
(Pallas, 1773)
Giant or Tawny Earwig
Taxonomy:
Dermaptera>>Labiduridae
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Status: Occasional casual introduction.
Description: Largest European earwig.
Food: Partly carnivorous.
Habitat: Native to Central and in particular Southern Europe. The Giant Earwig lives on sandy coasts and riverbanks, where it builds tunnels in wet sand or hides under refuse, including land fill sites.
Distribution: The records held by the National Biodiversity Network are shown in the map below.
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Only the following datasets are included:
- Biological Records Centre - Grasshopper and Cricket (Orthoptera) and related species records from Britain and Ireland to 2007
Other datasets on the gateway may hold additional information.