microrobert
03-03-2012, 08:21 PM
Giant "Tree Lobsters" Rediscovered on Rocky Volcanic Island Spire
http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/Tree_Lobsters_Wide.jpg
The "tree lobster", a rare species of giant insect was thought to be extinct.
Invasive species almost killed these magnificent bugs, but in the end they were saved by a chance relocation
What black and shiny and as big as your hand? If you guessed "Devonian Period-esque mountain insect" you are a winner.
The bizarre Dryococelus australis is a throwback species. The hardy arthropods long hailed from Lord Howe Island, a small island midway between Australia and New Zealand. The species of tree insect lived fruitfully since the human colonization of the island, until a fateful day in 1918, when disaster struck.
http://www.dailytech.com/Giant+Tree+Lobsters+Rediscovered+on+Rocky+Volcanic +Island+Spire/article24130.htm
http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/Tree_Lobsters_Wide.jpg
The "tree lobster", a rare species of giant insect was thought to be extinct.
Invasive species almost killed these magnificent bugs, but in the end they were saved by a chance relocation
What black and shiny and as big as your hand? If you guessed "Devonian Period-esque mountain insect" you are a winner.
The bizarre Dryococelus australis is a throwback species. The hardy arthropods long hailed from Lord Howe Island, a small island midway between Australia and New Zealand. The species of tree insect lived fruitfully since the human colonization of the island, until a fateful day in 1918, when disaster struck.
http://www.dailytech.com/Giant+Tree+Lobsters+Rediscovered+on+Rocky+Volcanic +Island+Spire/article24130.htm