Lord Howe and Philip Islands

IMG_0917 Lord Howe 'land lobster' (Dryococelis australis) Insect breeder Patrick Honan with two large females he has bred at Melbourne Zoo. 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. Patrick has led the successful captive rearing program *

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IMG_0917 Lord Howe 'land lobster' (Dryococelis australis) Insect breeder Patrick Honan with two large females he has bred at Melbourne Zoo. 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. Patrick has led the successful captive rearing program *

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