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Approx 4cm (1.5 inches) long. All over brown with some yellow at the top of each leg, near the joint.
Hanging out on the kitchen bench.
Any help is appreciated! :)
Spotted on Nov 14, 2015
Submitted on Mar 19, 2016
8 Comments
Cheers Felix. One of the pics in Wiki reference you sent looks so similar I'd be willing to ID from that. Thank you for your help. I will keep on researching and see what else I might be able to come up with :)
Thank you Sukanya for the explanation. I'm still working on all the science-y stuff :)
Wow...ok. So I will definitely have to do some more research but at this stage it has the potential to be a Giant Stick Insect nymph...
In case it is a match, here's some info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurycnema_...
This picture looks somewhat similar, but I don't think it's a match.
http://www.gettyimages.com/license/48158...
Definitely Phasmatodea (Stick Insect), a nymph.
This is what Wikipedia says: Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida or Phasmatoptera) are an order of insects, whose members are variously known as stick insects
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/188...
I saw a similar one in India and got some interesting references and suggestions from fellow PN members...maybe you would like to take a look.>
Would anyone be able to please tell me if this could be a Walking Stick in the order Phasmida (not entirely sure what that means...)? Any help would be appreciated!