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Post by timoinsects on Oct 8, 2012 15:54:30 GMT -8
i am very interested to learn what insects extincted so far by now,with a photo would be great,i did searched before but seems not much answer.
i mean the species that ever occer and with photos(so it should be from the past over 200years around because in ancient times there's no camera or even no entomology), but not included the fossil insects.
for animals it is much easier to get the answer by search key words 'excincted animals,birds',but insects are less cared by human so i question here to learn.
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Post by timoinsects on Oct 8, 2012 16:01:29 GMT -8
a few sp. that was said extincted before but later on was proofed they actually still exist,
thouse also are necessary to be discussed,
i give two examples:
1) Dryococelus australis (Lord Howe Island Phasmid)
2) Labidura herculeana (Saint Helena earwig),the world largest? seems was said extincted before?
i only know these two.
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Post by pittendrighinsects on Oct 8, 2012 16:16:34 GMT -8
I read somewhere, maybe in National Geographic, that the Lord Howe Island Phasmid had been rediscovered on another nearby island. The main reason for its extinction on Lord Howe island was because of the introduction of rats, which ate them all.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 9, 2012 7:23:50 GMT -8
It would help in an internet search if you used the correct spelling "extinct" rather than "extincted", which is not a valid word.
I know English is not easy for non-native speakers, and am not trying to criticise, just want to help.
Adam.
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