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European earwig

Forficula auricularia, a common earwig species native to Europe with pincers at the rear of its abdomen, now widespread elsewhere.

Known aliases

  • Forficula auricularia

Relationships

No evidence-backed relationships are recorded.

Current clusters

science1 publisher

RNA study tracks thousands of gene changes linked to worm's influence on earwigs' water-seeking behavior

Researchers at Otago, UBC and Brown report 673 earwig genes and 2,672 worm genes growing more active as a parasitic worm drives its host toward water. The RNA data give experimenters candidate genes in both species, though the paper stops short of showing which ones make the earwig seek water.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+20
Incentives
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Confidence50