Lord Howe and Philip Islands

11705-24501 Lord Howe 'land lobster' (Dryococelis australis) adult male, with heavily armed hind legs, foraging in Melaleuca at night. This remarkable Lord Howe Island phasmid, became extinct on Lord Howe around the 1920's following the arrival of rats, but was spectacularly rediscovered living on Ball's Pyramid in 2001 *

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11705-24501 Lord Howe 'land lobster' (Dryococelis australis) adult male, with heavily armed hind legs, foraging in Melaleuca at night. This remarkable Lord Howe Island phasmid, became extinct on Lord Howe around the 1920's following the arrival of rats, but was spectacularly rediscovered living on Ball's Pyramid in 2001 *

24501 Land lobster Tree lobster phasmid Lord Howe Island adult male foraging melaleuca Dryococelis australis Ball's Pyramid