Amazing Earwig Wings in Action!

Earwigs and 10 other insect species captured flying in slow motion at 6,000 frames per second. 00:00 - Shore earwig - Labidura riparia 01:47 - Tree cricket – Oecanthus sp. 02:12 - Northern Caddisfly – family Limnephilidae 02:39 - Giant Casemaker Caddisfly – family Phryganeidae 03:00 - Oak Treehopper - Platycotis vittate 03:15 - green Treehopper - Archasia belfragei 04:05 - wheel bug - Arilus cristatus 04:47 - Hairy-eyed Crane Fly – Pedicia sp. 05:25 - Yellow-collared Scape Moth - Cisseps fulvicollis 05:59 - Roadside Sallow Moth - Metaxaglaea viatical 06:33 - Brachonid wasp – subfamily Cheloninae Diagram of earwig wing folding is modified from: Haas, Gorb, & Wootton. 2000. Elastic joints in dermapteran hind wings: materials and wing folding. Arthropod Structure & Development, 29: 2, 137-146. Music licensed from