![Lord Howe Island stick insect - thought to be extinct for 80 years, rediscovered in 2001 : r/interestingasfuck Lord Howe Island stick insect - thought to be extinct for 80 years, rediscovered in 2001 : r/interestingasfuck](https://external-preview.redd.it/Z2KwW8Qe71tXf4zGvOqp2rS6-He45aQMr-IA61KXPyE.jpg?auto=webp&s=7fc84fc8f527f23705a65de3e472802779f9e020)
Lord Howe Island stick insect - thought to be extinct for 80 years, rediscovered in 2001 : r/interestingasfuck
![Extinct 'tree lobster' found alive clinging to side of Pacific rock taller than Empire State Building | Daily Mail Online Extinct 'tree lobster' found alive clinging to side of Pacific rock taller than Empire State Building | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/03/02/article-2108736-11FDE85B000005DC-303_1024x615_large.jpg)
Extinct 'tree lobster' found alive clinging to side of Pacific rock taller than Empire State Building | Daily Mail Online
![This barren sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect, the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect or "Land Lobster." This barren sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect, the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect or "Land Lobster."](https://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/atlas_obscura/2013/05/10/this_barren_sea_spire_is_home_to_the_world_s_rarest_insect_the_lord_howe/balls-pyramid-lord-howe-australia-by-hatty-gottschalk.jpg.CROP.article920-large.jpg)
This barren sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect, the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect or "Land Lobster."
Lord Howe Island Tourism - Did you know that the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect was presumed extinct until 2001 when a small population was found on Ball's Pyramid? Thanks to Expedition
![File:Morphological Differences between Males from Lord Howe Island and Ball's Pyramid.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:Morphological Differences between Males from Lord Howe Island and Ball's Pyramid.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Morphological_Differences_between_Males_from_Lord_Howe_Island_and_Ball%E2%80%99s_Pyramid.jpg)
File:Morphological Differences between Males from Lord Howe Island and Ball's Pyramid.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![Meet the worlds rarest insect - the Phasmid. These amazing stick insects are almost extinct around Lord Howe Island, and can only be found on the remote Balls… Meet the worlds rarest insect - the Phasmid. These amazing stick insects are almost extinct around Lord Howe Island, and can only be found on the remote Balls…](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2e/67/d7/2e67d75927740ff6306ab82c167f52c3.jpg)