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Features of Natural Interest
Invertebrate diversity is high on Henderson with many species likely to be indigenous and many of the mites and spiders thought to be endemic . The land snail fauna is also of immense interest on both Henderson and Pitcairn (with 16 and 26 species respectively), but there are fewer than six species on Oeno and Ducie.
Moths feeding on flowers, Ducie.
© Dr Mike Pienkowski
(Features of Natural Interest, 4 of 12 - Slide ref. 464)