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Acrophylla titan
Titan stick insect - the longest stick insect in Australia. Quite colourful with very showy purple wings
Endemic to South east Queensland and Northern New South Wales.
I believe this is a female Titan - found it hanging off the roof covered in spider silk. Managed to get it off the roof, remove the spider silk after which it thought I was a tree... Being walked all over by the longest stick insect in Aus. is defeinitely a highlight!!
Spotted on Feb 18, 2012
Submitted on Jun 14, 2012
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It's gorgeous! I had a similar experience recently, even if I'm not sure mine was the same kind of stick insect.