11705-65013 Flightless 'plague' soldier beetle (Chauliognathus apterus) mating pair on Mountain rose (Metrosideros nervulosa). Endemic to the main island of Lord Howe and now confined to forests on the summit of Mount Lidgebird and Mount Gower. Obvious and abundant, particularly when mating aggregations swarm over flowers and foliage. Mount Gower, Lord Howe Island *
11705-12501 Lord Howe freshwater shrimp (Paratya howensis) in streambed, Erskine Creek, Lord Howe Island *
11705-03013 Lord Howe Island Placostylus (Placostylus bivaricosus bivaricosus) in litter beneath closed canopy forest, on calcerenite soils on the main island. This large critically endangered, ground dwelling land snail has a brown shell that weathers to white with age. There are three recorded subspecies, the other two are P. bivaricosus cuniculinsiae from Blackburn Island (extinct) and P. bivaricosus etherigei (possibly extinct) although it may survive on 'Little Slope' and 'Big Slope' - the two steep, forested talus slopes on the eastern and western faces of Mt Gower. Old Settlement Beach, Lord Howe *
