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Hairy earwig

Arixenia esau Jordan, 1909

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The hairy earwig (Arixenia esau) is a species in the family Arixeniidae, order Dermaptera.

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Quick facts about the hairy earwig

Weight
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Lifespan
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Main food
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Habitat
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Young per litter or clutch
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Conservation status
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Countries on record
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Where does the hairy earwig live?

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Is the hairy 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 hairy earwig classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDermaptera
  5. familyArixeniidae
  6. genusArixenia
  7. SpeciesArixenia esau Jordan, 1909
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • コウモリヤドリハサミムシJapanese

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Relatives of the hairy earwig

Other species in the same genus Arixenia.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the hairy earwig?

The hairy earwig (Arixenia esau) belongs to the family Arixeniidae in the order Dermaptera.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Hairy earwig (Arixenia esau). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hairy-earwig

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“Hairy earwig (Arixenia esau).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/hairy-earwig.

BibTeX
@misc{hairy_earwig_2026,
  title = {Hairy earwig (Arixenia esau)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hairy-earwig},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}