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Ctenomorpha marginipennis
This tiny stick insect (about 18mm) looked drowned in the dog drinking water but came good after resting on a kitchen towel in the sun for 5 minutes.
Suburban back yard.
Thanks Martinl for ID and the links... it will be well fed and housed for a while. :-) ..... 4 weeks later http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/193...
Spotted on Feb 3, 2013
Submitted on Feb 3, 2013
7 Comments
Yes it's about 3 times as long and brown. Working on pics now...
Cool, it should have shed by now. Do you have another pic?
Hey it loves casuarina :-)
This is a first instar nymph (hatchling). I believe the gender is not able to be determined at this young stage.
Thanks martin. Plenty of eucy and roses around. Male?
They will eat eucalypt and possibly rose leaves. I doubt it will eat jasmine.
The childrens stick insect nymph is paler than this one.
I confidently guess this is the margin winged stick insect, a more common species. I find them sometimes. (Scroll down the link)
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Care-of-S...
They lack the benefits of a large brain and will easily drown if they find themselves near enough water.
My example is green but older, with large cerci already.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/108...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/819...