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16-09-2008, 11:46 PM
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| | | Earwigs keeping warm?
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16-09-2008, 11:53 PM
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| | | Re: Earwigs keeping warm?
Strangely enough..... I have seen 'wiggys' huddled together like this too but never questioned it before, just accepted that this is what they do! 
Your theory does make sense though. Insects need warmth to be active/survive.
Lovely photo, well done!!
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17-09-2008, 12:00 AM
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Oh my, that looks cosy!  Good piccie, nice capture of their private world 
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19-09-2008, 01:01 PM
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Awesome picture , almost cute, ALMOST.
The only critters that gives me the Hebe jeebies .
Still have nightmares of falling out of a tree as a kid while picking apples - they huddle up just like this between the apples and branches - then shower down on you when you pick the apples  |
19-09-2008, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by beebeautiful  Awesome picture , almost cute, ALMOST.
The only critters that gives me the Hebe jeebies .
Still have nightmares of falling out of a tree as a kid while picking apples - they huddle up just like this between the apples and branches - then shower down on you when you pick the apples | Probably the critters that gave me my fear of insects.
Found on in a drinking straw when I was about 4 years old - found it in so much as it pincered the end of my tongue when I sucked my drink up - owwies.
Fantastic pic though - well done |
19-09-2008, 03:25 PM
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| | | Re: Earwigs keeping warm?
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Originally Posted by Kia it pincered the end of my tongue when I sucked my drink up - owwies.
| Are you sure? the cerci (pincers) on the tip of the abdomen carnt close enough to hurt you, they are there to put off predators, who think they are jaws, also they are used in courtship. |
19-09-2008, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Dogghound Are you sure? the cerci (pincers) on the tip of the abdomen carnt close enough to hurt you, they are there to put off predators, who think they are jaws, also they are used in courtship. | Whatever it did was sharp and hurt maybe it bit me? |
19-09-2008, 03:40 PM
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Its possible but highly unlikely but who no's . I dont dispute your story, sounds like an earwig with an attitude. |
23-09-2008, 11:31 AM
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| | | Re: Earwigs keeping warm?
when your 4... and a "thing that isnt drink wait a minute let me get a closer look... OH MY GOD THAT THING TOUCHED MY TONGUE... EW EW EW EW"
you would be surprised at what it becomes later on in memory.... bit? maybe... pincered? unlikely but if you sucked it through a straw backwards.... im sure those tips would feel sharp... the tongue is sensetive... and thus the bite story is born...
either way... not pleasant...
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23-09-2008, 11:55 AM
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Definitely not a story, and definite pain involved. Guess I just found one with an attitude =) | | | |
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