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The Snark

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schmiggle said:
Oh I see what you're saying. I figured these guys would sort of follow the tide in and out a bit, and also that when you're not more than a foot or two from the water the mediating effect is swamped by other factors.
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We need to determine what their actual range is. Maritime is way too ambiguous. Modified by oceanic influences. The entirety of Great Britain has a maritime climate for example.
 
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The Snark said:
We need to determine what their actual range is. Maritime is way too ambiguous. Modified by oceanic influences. The entirety of Great Britain has a maritime climate for example.
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the actual range for these is massive. I think it's believed they are native to Asia, but spread to virtually every continent except Antarctica. At least in the US, they are better suited for cooler climates. You can find other species of shore-dwelling earwigs in warmer climates (most of which are also invasive)

Crazy how some species of earwigs are pests, and others are considered to be good for pest control.
 
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Have you considered that these could be a different species than A. maritima? Theres quite a few similar black earwigs with pale legs that overlap in range. Various members of the genus Euborellia are a good example, look nearly identical and are even more widespread. I'm not aware of A. maritima being found inland, and papers seem to suggest they're strongly confined to coastal regions.
 
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Ponerinecat said:
Have you considered that these could be a different species than A. maritima? Theres quite a few similar black earwigs with pale legs that overlap in range. Various members of the genus Euborellia are a good example, look nearly identical and are even more widespread. I'm not aware of A. maritima being found inland, and papers seem to suggest they're strongly confined to coastal regions.
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Not sure they are but they look morphologically identical and live near lake Manitoba.

Manitoba had some pretty severe flooding and I wouldn't doubt that some of the coastal species from the hudson's bay washed inland to some of our lakes

Edit: I remember them being the largest earwig I'd ever seen (hence why I kept one), being black, having coloured legs, I remember the males had asymmetrical pincher bits and they didn't have wings.

At the time maritime earwig was the conclusion I came to, but I can't find any pictures that I may have took of them :/
 
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another species that comes to mind could be Euborellia annulipes but the pictures arent dark enough to match
 
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Not sure what you mean by that, E. annulipes is just as dark as A. maritima. Theres also other similar species in the genus Euborellia, such as annulata and arcanum. Arcanum is probably the most similar, as it doesnt have the ringed legs of annulipes and annulata that seperate them from A. maritima. Unfortunately I know very little about earwigs and I'm not aware of the actual difference.
 
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