White's Stick Insect
Male, Anal Segment
Spur-legged Stick Insect
S4, Adult Female, profile
| White's Stick Insect Male, Anal Segment | | Spur-legged Stick Insect S4, Adult Female, profile | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Stick Insects (Phasmida) | ||||
| Family: | Stick Insect (Phasmatidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Spur-legged Stick Insect (Didymuria violescens) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍S4, Adult Female, dorsal🔎 | ||||
| Other name: | Spur Legged Phasmid | ||||
Thank you Ethan Beaver & Aidan Beutel for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere The only one we measured was S4, Adult Female, on Ellura at only ~57mm long (excluding appendages). This is very small compared to the expected 75-110mm. As can be seen from the mating shot (S2 & S3), they can be quite brown, but still with green highlights; or they can be completely green. The colour isn't gender specific (ie you can get brown females & green males). In regards to the Male nymph, Aidan said "One moult until adulthood" | |||||
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