PHASMATODEA

Unidentified Stick Insect at Shoalhaven Heads, NSW

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Identification history

	Ctenomorpha marginipennis	25 Jan 2020	KimPullen
	Unidentified	15 Jan 2020	gerringongTB

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Very large "stick insect" on verandah decking board.

6 comments

gerringongTB wrote:

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?

jb2602 wrote:

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.

MikeLeggett wrote:

16 Jan 2020

The distinguishing features between the two or three species hereabouts are subtle; you photo might not reveal such. (Perhaps you still have it corralled?) They live in the higher branches of trees and tend to be blown out in high winds. It's to where they need to be returned.

gerringongTB wrote:

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".

MikeLeggett wrote:

16 Jan 2020

ID is less to do with size and more to do with the relative positions of its anatomy.

gerringongTB wrote:

17 Jan 2020

OK, now I understand a bit more.
Thank you for continuing the interaction.

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