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Matt Walker
The world’s largest earwig has officially been declared extinct.
The St Helena Giant Earwig (Labidura herculeana) could attain lengths of up to eight centimetres.
Previously found in Horse Point Plain, a protected area on St Helena Island, the last confirmed live adult of this insect was seen in May 1967.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has now declared the species extinct, changing its status from Critically Endangered.
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