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Black earwig

Chelisoches morio (Fabricius, 1775)

Status not recordedinsects

The black earwig (Chelisoches morio) is a species in the family Chelisochidae, order Dermaptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: French Polynesia.

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Quick facts about the black earwig

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the black earwig live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The black earwig is listed for 1 country.

  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. French Polynesia

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the black earwig as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the black earwig endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the black earwig classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDermaptera
  5. familyChelisochidae
  6. genusChelisoches
  7. SpeciesChelisoches morio (Fabricius, 1775)

Synonyms Chelisoches albomarginatus, Chelisoches cincticollis, Chelisoches comprimens, Chelisoches imitator, Chelisoches lilyanus, Chelisoches nigricornis, Chelisoches rufitarsis, Chelisoches stratioticus, Chelisoches tasmanicus, Chelisoches tigris, Forficesila albomarginatus, Forficesila tasmanica, Forficula albomarginata, Forficula morio, Forficula tasmanica, Labidura nigricornis, Libidura nigricornis, Lobophora cincticornis, Lobophora morio, Lobophora nigronitens, Lobophora rufitarsis, Lobophora tartarea, Sphingolabis insularis

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • サイパンクロハサミムシJapanese
  • Уховёртка чёрнаяRussian
  • 墊跗螋Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the black earwig

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the black earwig live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the black earwig for 1 country: French Polynesia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the black earwig an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the black earwig as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the black earwig?

The black earwig (Chelisoches morio) belongs to the family Chelisochidae in the order Dermaptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Black earwig (Chelisoches morio). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-earwig

MLA

“Black earwig (Chelisoches morio).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-earwig.

BibTeX
@misc{black_earwig_2026,
  title = {Black earwig (Chelisoches morio)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-earwig},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}