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TECHNIQUES FOR STUDYING THE BEHAVIOR AND ECOLOGY OF THE EUROPEAN EARWIG, FORFICULA AURICULARIA (DERMAPTERA: FORFICULIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Robert J. Lamb  and
W. G. Wellington
Robert J. Lamb
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Science and Institute of Animal Resource Ecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
W. G. Wellington
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Science and Institute of Animal Resource Ecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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Abstract

The European earwig is an excellent experimental animal for many laboratory and field studies of insect ecology and behavior, but special rearing, marking, and trapping techniques are required to exploit the insects’ potential fully. This paper describes an artificial nest and associated techniques which reduce rearing mortality below 10%. Methods of studying events in natural nests, and of capturing and marking individuals for population studies, also are described.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 106 , Issue 8 , August 1974 , pp. 881 - 888
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1974

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