Thursday, September 28, 2006

Google Maps reveal world's largest earwig


Picture 1-23 Somewhere in Germany there is a very big bug.
Link (Thanks, Pa!)

Reader comment:

Stephen says: "That's a thrips devouring Germany, not an earwig. Thrips = Thysanoptera, most adults around 1 or 2 mm. (singular form ends in s) Earwigs = Dermaptera, most adults around 1 or 2 cm."



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