Dog-eared Stick Insect: Adult Male, ventral

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Stick Insects (Phasmida)

Family:

Stick Insect (Phasmatidae)

Species:

Dog-eared Stick Insect (Hyrtacus tuberculatus)

This Photo:

Adult Male, ventral

Other name:

Lobed-Abdomen Stick Insect

Thank you Matthew Connors for confirming the identification of this species

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee), in the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
The adult is about 50-55mm long

This species is

South Australian Native Species, not listed in the Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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