Female earwigs collect sperm in one or more internal pouches and can use it to fertilize multiple broods, so they don’t need ...

Male earwig pinchers (aka cerci) are curved and they use them to seduce females and to fight other males, says Meunier. Female earwigs, who have straight forceps, use them as scissors to defend ...

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