Image: Male Lord Howe Island Stick-insect
Sometimes described as the rarest insect in the world, the Lord Howe Island stick-insect is now the subject of a captive breeding program.
- Photographer:
- Matthew Bulbert
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Lord Howe Island Stick-insect
- Scientific name:
- Dryococelus australis
- Family:
- Phasmatidae
- Order:
- Phasmatodea
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Tags Lord Howe Island, Conservation, Stick insect,
