Children's stick-insect at Tura Beach, NSW
Identification history
| Tropidoderus childrenii | 21 Nov 2018 | cbartlet | ||
| PHASMIDA (order) | 21 Nov 2018 | cbartlet |
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User's notes
On trailer by house gone few hours later
4 comments
cbartlet
wrote:
21 Nov 2018
Ìt looked like it had 4 legs but maybe there were two at the front that looked like feelers almost fused.
KerriLee
wrote:
24 Nov 2018
nice insect! it certainly appears to be the species you suggested ... Tropidoderus childrenii. It is one of only a couple of green stick insects in this region, and the broadened femur (upper leg) on the middle and back pairs of legs fits the description of that species. Can you estimate the overall size? It looks quite large!
cbartlet
wrote:
24 Nov 2018
9 cm from top head to rear end as in the photo it extends for about the length of the handle on trailer flap to the bend. Not counting when it's front legs were extending forwards. So quite large cf ordinary stick insects.
KerriLee
wrote:
26 Nov 2018
that size fits for Tropidoderus childrenii ... the adult size for males is about 110-120mm and for females 105-140mm. Yours may have been a sub-adult (nymphal) female.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.925788-36.870321
- Places Tura Beach, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 13 Nov 2018 08:07 AM Recorded on
- cbartlet Recorded by
Species information
- Tropidoderus childrenii Scientific name
- Children's stick-insect Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 732m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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