Euborellia brunneri facts for kids

Euborellia brunneri is a type of earwig, which is a small insect. It belongs to a family of earwigs called Anisolabididae. This earwig lives in parts of Australia.

How it was discovered and named

This earwig was first described in 1864 by a scientist named Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn. He found a female earwig in Adelaide, Australia and named it Forcinella brunneri.

Later, in 1905, another scientist named Malcolm Burr found a male earwig in South Australia. He thought it was a new species and called it Gonolabis verhoeffi. For a while, it was also known as Anisolabis verhoeffi.

However, scientists later realized that both the male and female earwigs were the same species. So, they decided to place it in the Euborellia group of earwigs. That's why its official name today is Euborellia brunneri.

What it looks like and where it lives

Euborellia brunneri is an earwig that does not have wings, so it cannot fly. Males and females of this species are different in size. This is called sexual dimorphism.

This earwig is native to the coastal areas of eastern Australia. You can find it in the states of Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, New South Wales, and Queensland.

E. brunneri likes to stay hidden. It often hides under dead plants and other bits of nature where it is dark and damp. These earwigs are mostly active at night and usually live alone. However, if the conditions are just right, you might find many of them living together in one place.