Phasmatodea (order)
Unidentified stick insect at Shoalhaven Heads, NSW
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| Ctenomorpha marginipennis | 25 Jan 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Unverified | 15 Jan 2020 | gerringongTB |
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Very large "stick insect" on verandah decking board.
4 comments
16 Jan 2020
Thanks Mike.
Is that as specific as science allows? Or are there many types which have been lumped together as Phasmatodea, with no second defining Latin name?
Is that as specific as science allows? Or are there many types which have been lumped together as Phasmatodea, with no second defining Latin name?
16 Jan 2020
Have a go at typing "stick insect" into the Quick Search box, select one of the species and have a look. One of them is close to yours. John.
16 Jan 2020
No, I gently put it onto the bark of a large eucalyptus tree and it steadily made its way up the tree.
Interestingly you , Mike, did not comment on the fact that I put a rule into the photograph to indicate the size of the insect. Are they all large? Obviously the Goliath species is "big".
Interestingly you , Mike, did not comment on the fact that I put a rule into the photograph to indicate the size of the insect. Are they all large? Obviously the Goliath species is "big".
Location information
- Coordinates 150.747800-34.855100
- Places Shoalhaven Heads, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Sep 2017 11:27 AM Recorded on
- gerringongTB Recorded by
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Species information
- Phasmatodea (order) Scientific name
- Unidentified stick insect Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 869m Recorded at altitude
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