Dryococelus australis, Lord Howe stick insect
A specimen of the Lord Howe Island stick insect (Dryococelus australis) also known as Lord Howe Island Phasmid, or the land lobster. It was believed to have been extinct during the 1920s until its rediscovery in 2001
Picture No
10707025
Media ID
47580181
Size
2034px x 3600px
(2.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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Arthropoda Australis Carausius Entomology Hexapod Hexapoda Howe Insecta Lobster Phasmatidae Phasmatodea Phasmatoptera Phasmid Phasmida Stick Bug Stick Insect Stick-bug Stick-insect Walkingstick
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