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Stick mantis

Schizocephala bicornis

Description:

mimics stick insect around 10-13 cm.

Habitat:

rice field

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Stick mantis
Schizocephala bicornis


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9 Comments

Gopal murali
Gopal murali 11 years ago

martinl thats very interesting..thanks for the info:)

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

Wow. Well, I guess it wouldn't eat much. Check this out for a newly discovered stick insect called "the gladiator" eating..... each other!!!
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Gopal I am not teacher to call sir... But you are right... Just checked
http://eol.org/pages/8102653/overview
This is spotted in India.
I think I wrongly compared your spotting with my mentioned below...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/776...

Gopal murali
Gopal murali 11 years ago

Thanks ArgyBee sir

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

amazing,,

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Wow! martinl is going to love to hate this one. Great find Gopal.

Gopal murali
Gopal murali 11 years ago

sir i guess its stick mantis please check the following link sir http://www.flickr.com/photos/29480496@N0...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Popularly called Walking Stick
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phasmatodea...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Not Mantis But Insect.. Stick Insect

Gopal murali
Spotted by
Gopal murali

Thanjavur (தஞ்சாவூர்), Tamil Nadu, India

Spotted on Apr 18, 2012
Submitted on Jun 12, 2012

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