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Re recent discussion on possibly dwindling populations of earwigs, I would personally be pleased to see the day when they are on the endangered list. However, l liken earwigs to cockroaches in that they will be here long after humans are gone from this earth. In any case we had an interesting case of an earwig which was adaptable to another environment. We have a backyard pond in which are a number of goldish. We remove them from the pond for the winter. A few days ago my wife noted something on one of them when we took them out. It was an earwig !!) latched on to the goldfish. We have to partially drain the pond in order to net them so only about 3-4 ins of water is left. Although it is known that earwigs like wet conditions (try leaving a wet mop out overnight), there is no indication they can live in water. There must be an explanation but...?? Incidentally there is one earwig, the St. Helena Earwig, on the endangered list. It is the largest earwig in the world and recovery plans are already underway. How scarce resources and monies are wasted! (I expect a backlash re the latter statement). Angus
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