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Definition of Forficula auricularia
1. Noun. Sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs.
Generic synonyms: Earwig
Group relationships: Forficula, Genus Forficula
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forficula Auricularia
Literary usage of Forficula auricularia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and by Loudon (Jane) (1850)
"There is also a kind of tongue, and the metamorphosis is only half complete.
THE EARWIG. (forficula auricularia.) UNLIKE those of most other insects the ..."
2. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"Mr. HH Brindley, of St. John's College, Cambridge, is still continuing his
investigations into the bionomics of forficula auricularia. ..."
3. Magazine of Natural History by Edward Charlesworth (1830)
"These specimens of intestinal worm were taken last autumn "'" from the Forficula
auricularia, or common earwig. I have very frequently-found them in this ..."
4. The Entomologist's Useful Compendium: Or, An Introduction to the Knowledge by George Samouelle (1819)
"forficula auricularia of authors. Inhabits Europe. Mr. Marsham has considered
the sexes of this insect as two species, under the names auricularia and ..."
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