Stick Insect, Phasmid - Female

Thanks, @Ashley for this honour! :)

Congrats Albert, your unique Stick Insect has made the top 10 arthropod spottings in the '2015 Best Wildlife Photo' mission! Rangers are voting on the top 10 arthropod spottings, and the top 3 will be announced on February 9th. The top 3 spottings will be commented on here on the site, but make sure you keep a look out on our Facebook app page for the announcement as well! Congratulations on making the top 10! https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah

Thanks, @Billo and you are welcome, @Leslie

:'D amazing! Congratulations!

Albert, thanks for the info. Appreciate your time and the great details.

Thanks, @Luis, @venusflytrap2000, @Antonio and @doreen :)

How wonderful! Congrats.

Awesome find Albert,congrats on the well deserved SOTW and thanks for sharing,these amazing find

congratulations, albertkang!

Congrats Albert!

Thanks, @David, @Zlatan, @Harsha, @mauna and all the rest who favourited this spotting. Really appreciates that :)

Congrats, Albert!

wonderful!

great find and excellent shots, congrats for such a symbolic figure.

Great!

Thanks, @Daniele, @DrNamgyalT.Sherpa and @LeslieEdwards.

@Leslie - the sizes of the Phasmids under the genus Kalocorinnis is small. In the papers published by P.E.Bragg describing this species, he has a comparison to another species of Kalocorinnis, Kalocorinnis pulchella. The adult Female specimen was measured at 38 mm (1.5 inches) and adult Male specimen at 28 mm (1.1 inches). The 2 specimens of Kalocorinnis wegneri that P.E. Bragg based on for his description was measured at 53 - 57 mm (2.1 - 2.25 inches).

Generally, it is common to come across adult Phasmids ranging in sizes between 2 - 6 inches (5 - 15 cm) depending on Males or Females. Males are usually much smaller than the Female.

The longest Phasmid recorded is from Malaysia, Phobaeticus chani at 35.7 cm (14 inches) and 57 cm (22 inches) with her legs extended.

The shortest Phasmid recorded is from Ecuador, Grylloclonia minima with the adult male at 17.5 mm (0.7 inches). Also at this similar recorded small size is an adult Female Miniphasma prima from Sri Lanka and the Male is presumed to be smaller, however, no Males of this species have been sighted yet.

Hope you find the above info interesting and useful :)

Congratulations Albert!

Nice photos. You mention that it is a small Phasmid. Is that small for the species or small for the genus? How large do they get? The stick insects I've encountered in Florida are generally 2-6". Appreciate any info you can provide.

Congrats Albert for the SOTW!

Thanks @Yasser for this honour. Am just happy to be given the opportunity to share my Spottings with the Project Noah's community.

Thanks, @triggsturner and @arlanda :)

Congratulations Albert!

Well deserved SOTW Albert. Fantastic to have this species on photographic record.

Albert, you shared a sensational spotting with us as your 2,222nd submission! We have chosen this rare and potentially historic series as our Spotting of the Week. Congratulations! Your photo collection is a true treasure and we are all very lucky to be able to share in your explorations. Here's to 2,222 more spottings in the future and thanks again for sharing such incredible encounters with us.

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Thanks, @Maria.
It would be fantastic to get the opportunity to photograph the Male, its not going to be easy. The Winged Species can actually be very difficult to find, not because of their camouflage/mimicry but also they tends to be higher up in the tree canopies.
Also, this species are small in size, less than 6 cm. So the Males are likely to be much smaller and thinner.

Superb spotting, Albert. I hope you can find the male to photograph as well!