Silent Spring for the giant earwig?

[alberto ballerio]

According to P. and M. Ashmole (2000. St. Helena and
Ascension Island: a natural history. Nelson, Oswestry
492 pp.) Labidura herculeana could be extinct due to
the clearing of the Gumwood forest where the species
lived (in the area of Horse Point), another cause of
the alleged extinction could have been the competition
with the introduced Scolopendra morsitans.
They also report of recent findings (1995) of
subfossil forceps.
Best regards,
                Alberto Ballerio








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