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Index of Subjects Hello Angus - No complaints from me - both earwigs and cockroaches are on my killl list. We don't have a lasge number of earwigs in this part of Barrington at the moment, but I did get quite a few this year in my peaches. They make a hole near the stem, and go in and live and eat on the inside near the center of the peach. Roland. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angus MacLean" <angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 1:12 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Earwigs > 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.425 / Virus Database: 270.14.67/2506 - Release Date: 11/16/09 07:43:00
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