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PHASMID: SAVING THE LORD HOWE ISLAND STICK INSECT 
Author:   Rohan Cleave  
Illustrator:   Coral Tulloch  
RRP:   $24.95
Online Price :  $22.46
10+ Copy Price :  $21.21         
Format:   Hardback 
Type of Book:   Australian Information 
ISBN:   9781486301126
Published:   20/08/2015
Status:   Subject To Availability
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Phasmid presents the amazing true story of the Lord Howe Island Phasmid or Stick Insect. Once thought to be extinct, the phasmids were rediscovered on Balls Pyramid, a volcanic outcrop 23 kilometres off the coast of Lord Howe Island, Australia, prompting an extraordinary conservation effort to save this remarkable insect. With a captivating narrative by Rohan Cleave and stunning watercolour illustrations by renowned artist Coral Tulloch, Phasmid is a positive story about one species incredible story of survival in a time of worldwide species decline."Phasmid tells the remarkable story of the rediscovery and rescue of the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect. IT WAS thought that this species was extinct lost forever until one moonlight night a few surviving insects were found on a single bush peaking out a rock crevice. The race was on to save the species, and with the determination and passion of some dedicated people, the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect was brought back from the edge of extinction.



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