Silent Spring for the giant earwig?

Fri Feb 3 14:00:47 CST 2006

No, Thank you, I did not know that there is an article in Wikipedia. I
will certainly include all the information.  I have heard from Frank
Torsten Krell, that  Howard Mendel could not find anything. Thanks for
the links!

Best
Fabian

George Beccaloni schrieb:
> Dear Fabian,
>
> Have you seen the entry about L. herculeana in Wikipedia:-
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Helena_Earwig_(Labidura_herculeana)
>
> You might also be interested in the following topical article:-
> http://www.sundayindependent.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=1042&fArticleId=3012023
>
> My NHM colleague Howard Mendel has just come back from St Helena, where he spend two days or so looking for herculeana on Horse Point Plain. Unfortunately he didn't manage to find any trace of it - not even old forceps.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> George
>
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> Behalf Of Fabian Haas
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> Subject: Re: [TAXACOM] Silent Spring for the giant earwig?
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>
> Dear All,
>
> thank you for all the informations on the Labidura herculeana. I will
> collect it and prepare a webpage on my earwig site www.earwigs-online.de
>
> It might sound extravagant: but does any body have, or know someone who
> has, images of the earwigs alive, in his natural habitat. I do have
> images of the museum specimens but images of living specimens would be
> much more impressive. Naturally copyrights information will be given on
> the webpage. I will also try to get hold of the Earwig stamp issued by
> St. Helena. That again is a drawing, no photo.
>
> Best
> Fabian
>
> alberto ballerio schrieb:
>
>> 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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Dr. Fabian Haas, FRES
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Rosenstein 1
D-70191 Stuttgart
Deutschland / Germany / Allemagne

Nationale Kontaktstelle der Globalen Taxonomie Initiative (GTI)
German National Focal Point of the Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI)
URL: http://www.gti-kontaktstelle.de
email: haas.smns at naturkundemuseum-bw.de

Phone: 0711 8936 172
Fax: 0711 8936 100

The Site on Earwig Biology
URL: http://www.earwigs-online.de

My Photo Site
URL: http://www.fabianhaas.de

GfBS - Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik
URL: http://www.gfbs-home.de/
AG Marketing für Taxonomie

Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Stuttgart
URL: http://www.saurier2007.de/
URL: http://www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/stuttgart/index.html