Unidentified Stick Insect at Shoalhaven Heads, NSW
Identification history
| Ctenomorpha marginipennis | 25 Jan 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Unidentified | 15 Jan 2020 | gerringongTB |
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User's notes
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?
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".
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.
Thank you for continuing the interaction.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.747800-34.855100
- Maps Shoalhaven Heads Bushcare
- Places Shoalhaven Heads, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Sep 2017 11:27 AM Recorded on
- gerringongTB Recorded by
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Insects Other insects gerringongTB
Species information
- PHASMATODEA Scientific name
- Unidentified Stick Insect Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
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