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Labidura herculeana the Saint Helena giant earwig is insect that isolated to Saint Helena, in the south Atlantic Ocean.  This insect is order of Dermaptera. Labidura herculeana first described in by the Danish Entomologist Fabricius in 1798. Labidura herculeana (Fabricius, 1798), a real giant with up to 80 mm body length is the world’s largest earwig. Labidura herculeana has shiny black with reddish legs, short elytra without hind wings. These insects are characterized by the cerci, or the pair of forceps-like pincers on their abdomen; male earwigs have curved pincers. These pincers are used to capture prey, defend themselves and fold their wings under the short tegmina. Labidura herculeana live in plain areas, gumwood forests, and seabird colonies in rocky places.