Shore Earwig vs Blue Metalmark

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Shore Earwig Blue Metalmark
Scientific Name Anisolabis littorea Lasaia sula
Order Dermaptera Lepidoptera
Family Anisolabididae Riodinidae
Size 20-28 mm 18-22 mm wingspan
Habitat Beaches & Coastal Forests
Diet Omnivores Omnivores
Regions Oceania South Texas, Mexico, Central America
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Shore Earwig

A large wingless earwig native to New Zealand, found under stones and driftwood on rocky coasts. It has a shiny black body and stout cerci.

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Did You Know?

This earwig is highly adapted to coastal life and can survive being submerged by waves during high tide.

Blue Metalmark

A tiny butterfly with vivid metallic blue upper wings that flash brilliantly in sunlight. It perches on rocks and gravel near streams in tropical forests.

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Did You Know?

Its brilliant blue iridescence is structural rather than pigmented, produced by nanoscale lattice structures in the wing scales.