A stick insect once believed to be already extinct for decades resurfaced in in another island in Australia. Although the Lord Howe Island stick insect made a comeback, they still require help as critically endangered creatures.
The Lord Howe Island stick insect was declared to be extinct decades ago. The nocturnal insects are wingless, and feed primarily on one shrub species. ( Rohan Cleeve | Melbourne Zoo )
Survival Of The Lord Howe Island Stick Insect
The Lord Howe Island stick insects thrived in Lord Howe Island in Australia before a shipwreck in 1918 that brought along with it a hoard of black rats. Because there were no other native terrestrial mammals, the black rats wiped out five bird species and 13 insect species including the Lord Howe Island stick insect.
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