Two’s company, three’s a crowd: Social situations alter group dynamics in the maritime earwig (Anisolabis maritima)

Michael Nolan-Tamariz; Vikram K. Iyengar

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0343830

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Two’s company, three’s a crowd: Social situations alter group dynamics in the maritime earwig (Anisolabis maritima)

Michael Nolan-Tamariz,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Vikram K. Iyengar

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: vikram.iyengar@villanova.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5362-5253

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Two’s company, three’s a crowd: Social situations alter group dynamics in the maritime earwig (Anisolabis maritima)

Michael Nolan-Tamariz,
Vikram K. Iyengar

Published: March 10, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0343830

About the Authors

Michael Nolan-Tamariz

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Vikram K. Iyengar

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: vikram.iyengar@villanova.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5362-5253

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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