those, it never lets go. So you've got to bite the earwig first, chop chop, before it bites you. References External links Earwig Research Center by Fabian Haas, Heilbronn Dermaptera Species File by Heidi Hopkins, Michael D. Maehr, Fabian Haas, and Lesley S. Deem Ringlegged earwig on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures website Langston RL & JA Powell (1975) The earwigs of California (Order Dermaptera). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey. 20 Earwigs from What's That Bug? Rhaetian first appearances Extant Late Triassic first appearances Exopterygota Polyneoptera