Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 264

Apterygida media, also known as the Mediterranean earwig, is distributed from southern Sweden to Greece, and from Portugal to Ukraine. It is one of the four native species of earwigs in the UK and is mainly found in the southeast, particularly in East Kent, Essex, and Suffolk. The species has short wings and elytra, and is reddish-brown in color with yellow legs. It was once common in the hop gardens of Kent but is now seen mostly in warm hedges and woodland edges, specifically on field maples.