Dryococelus australis, also known as the Lord Howe Island stick insect, Lord Howe Island phasmid or, locally, as the tree lobster, [2] is a species of stick insect that lives in the Lord Howe Island Group.

2019年9月30日 · Lord Howe Island stick insects are part of class Insecta and were once thought to be extinct until they were rediscovered in volcanic outcrops off the coast of Lord Howe Island. Their scientific name derives from a Greek word meaning “phantom.”

The Lord Howe Island stick insect is a large, flightless, nocturnal insect that can grow the length of an adult human’s hand. It has a stout body—females have a broad abdomen with an ovipositor while males are more slender but have longer and thicker antennae and enlarged hind legs.

2025年1月13日 · Scientists thought the Lord Howe Island stick insect was wiped out by around 1920. No new sightings or specimens of this insect species turned up for decades. After countless searches, the creature earned a grim reputation as just another island species lost …

2024年10月30日 · The only wild population of the Lord Howe Island stick insect occurs on Balls Pyramid, an islet east of mainland Australia. The species will soon be reintroduced to Lord Howe Island, where it went locally extinct between the 1920s and 1930s. Adapted from www.d-maps.com according to IUCN fact sheet. Click on the map for detailed distribution (IUCN).

2017年10月6日 · The Lord Howe Island stick insect was thought to be extinct but DNA have now confirmed that it really is the little insect that could.

2022年11月17日 · Learn about the lord howe island stick insect. Get details about their life cycle, their diet, habitat, how long they live, and the reason why it is endangered.

2023年4月17日 · Lord Howe Island, a UNESCO World Heritage site several miles off the coast of Australia, was once home to numerous endemic species found nowhere else on Earth. Among them were stick insects that had historically been so abundant fishermen used them as bait.

2017年10月9日 · After a ship wrecked on Lord Howe Island, a rat population invaded and eradicated a species of giant stick insect—or so researchers thought.

2023年5月22日 · The Lord Howe Island Stick Insect can reach a length of 15 cm and is a huge, heavy insect. It can navigate through its arboreal home thanks to its six long, spindly legs and dark brown to black exoskeleton (Ellis, 2017).