\u00a9 ZMUC, Copenhagen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nI hope all of you will enjoy today’s Wild Fact because I will probably be getting in trouble from Saint Helena’s Economic Development Department.\u00a0 I have a hunch that many of you will not want to visit this isolated island in the South Atlantic after you read about today’s animal.\u00a0 Personally, I want to go and visit even more just to see if I can find one of the amazing Saint Helena Earwigs.\u00a0 Unfortunately, this particular earwig has been dubbed the “Dodo of Dermaptera” (Dermaptera is just the classification that earwigs fall into).\u00a0\u00a0 They get this title since this particular species is endemic to such a small area and could very well already be extinct.\u00a0 I sure hope they are not extinct because these insects seem pretty cool.<\/p>\n
Now I know some of you get squeamish around earwigs (I am looking your way, Mom) but I bet our little earwigs in North America don’t seem too bad compared to the Saint Helena Earwig.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because these particular earwigs have been known to grow as large as 83 mm (3.3″) long and is known as the largest earwig on the planet.\u00a0 Could you just imagine a 3″ earwig crawling around your hair while you nap?<\/p>\n
As I mentioned, this giant Earwig could very well be extinct as a result of habitat loss.\u00a0 They were last spotted in 1967 and after several unsuccessful expeditions, the results are not looking good for this cool insect.\u00a0 The Saint Helena Earwig was first discovered in 1798 but was pretty much forgotten about in the Science world until 1962.\u00a0 That seems like an awfully long time to forget about a giant earwig.\u00a0 If I lived there I would be constantly thinking about them.\u00a0 It is also funny (or sad) that they were rediscovered only 5 years before they potentially went extinct.\u00a0 Maybe they were better off being forgotten.<\/p>\n
Saint Helena Earwig Fast Fact – <\/strong>This particular earwig likes (I am using present tense since I am trying to be positive about their potential existence) to burrow deep beneath the ground and only come out at night after it rains.\u00a0\u00a0 Perhaps the island is still loaded with these earwigs but nobody likes going out at night after it rains?\u00a0 So what do you think?\u00a0 Is it possible that these cute earwigs are still alive?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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