In spring, many of you have probably seen these scary-looking insects.They are called diplura for a specific look - and indeed, in the back of the insect are two similar sting tail-probe.Therefore, sometimes referred to colloquially schipalkami.Is it because the people and went to the belief that diplura bite ?!
To begin with we shall understand - the official name of this insect - common earwig.It belongs to the order earwig has compound eyes, mouthparts directed forward, and a pair of antennae.The body of an insect elongated: at the end of a forceps, but the wings of her short.To this diplura it has nothing to do, but for some reason we have decided to call it being that way.Why is it that it is believed that diplura bite?
mainly because of their appearance - this insect does not belong to the category of beautiful.Moreover, in many it is only disgust.Because often a child's parents tell their children that diplura bites to my child did not pull his hands to such a horrible insect, and even more did not seek to bring such a pet from the street to the apartment.But
into adulthood for many earwig and its imaginary bites - a vivid example of the proverb that fear has big eyes.It is not uncommon among truckers and holidaymakers tales of giant blister, which allegedly left on the body diplura bite is painted almost as deadly.If you see traces of it in the photo, it looks like it's really scary.But if you grasp the essence of the matter, it actually turns out that in fact diplura rarely bite and absolutely painless.And those huge skin lesions that take a bite of it, really just an allergic reaction to the components of its saliva.Such reddening of many people is not uncommon, but rather just to see a specialist, he appointed choby drug allergy - and the problem is solved.
Earwigs are not predatory insects.Their mouthparts are not to bite people.In nature, these insects live in the gardens and are a fruit and vegetable pests.They bite leaves, fruits, flowers and unripe seeds.It is also not uncommon dwelling earwigs on apiaries or beehives in the forest.There they settled in the interspace or the material to insulate the hive and feed honey bees and pollen.Incidentally, this is sometimes the cause of allergic reactions in the human earwig.Lead these insects are mostly nocturnal.Among the earwigs have several species that are predatory or parasitic, but they are not found in our country.
So if you see this insect, do not panic and do not worry, of course, children.Do not try to get rid of it, unless you are "revenge" for the damaged crop.Just try not to pay attention to it, driving with the body, if it got on your leg or arm.Remember that the only correct answer to the question, whether the bite diplura - of course, negative.
