Saint Helena's Giant Earwigs

St. Helena has a fragile ecosystem that was disrupted entirely when the Portuguese discovered it in 1502. Parts were excavated by the English so that warships could wait to ambush Portuguese ships. Then the ultimate destruction came from the East Indian Company which destroyed most of the islands foliage and animals through industrialization. With industrialization came the introduction of new species into the environment. Like many cases the newly imported animals, such as rats, dogs and livestock, created competition that made the already endangered Saint Helena's Giant Earwig quickly go extinct.