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Extatosoma tiaratum, commonly known as the spiny leaf insect, the giant prickly stick insect, [2] Macleay's spectre, [3] or the Australian walking stick, is a large species of Australian stick insect. [4] [5] The species has the Phasmid Study Group number PSG9. [6]
Eurycnema goliath, commonly known as the goliath stick insect, or the regal stick insect, [4] is a large species of stick insect in the family Phasmatidae, endemic to Australia [2] and considered one of the largest species of stick insects in the country. [5] The species has the Phasmid Study Group number PSG14. [6]
Dryococelus australis, also known as the Lord Howe Island stick insect, Lord Howe Island phasmid or, locally, as the tree lobster, [2] is a species of stick insect that lives in the Lord Howe Island Group. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Dryococelus. Thought to be extinct by 1920, it was rediscovered in 2001. [3]
The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida or Phasmatoptera) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick bugs, walkingsticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred to as Devil's darning needles , although this name is shared by both dragonflies and crane flies. [ 1 ]
Goliath stick insect, Eurycnema goliath; Darwin stick insect, Eurycnema osiris; Crowned stick insect, Onchestus rentzi; Garden mantis, Orthodera ministralis; Pink-winged phasma, Podocanthus typhon; False garden mantis, Pseudomantis albofimbriata; Burying mantis, Sphodropoda tristis; Purple-winged mantis, Tenodera australasiae; Children's stick ...
The heaviest of this widespread, varied complex of insects is the Little Barrier Island giant weta, Deinacrida heteracantha, of New Zealand; one specimen weighed 71 g (2.5 oz) and measured nearly 10 cm (3.9 in), [2] giving it one of the largest insect weights ever known. These heavyweight insects can be over 9 cm (3.5 in) long.
Eurycantha calcarata (common names thorny devil stick insect [2] and giant spiny stick insect [3]) is a species of phasmid endemic to Australasia. Range and Habitat
Acrophylla titan, the titan stick insect, is the second-longest stick insect found in Australia. First described by William Sharp Macleay in 1826, [2] it was considered to be the longest stick insect in the world until the discovery of Ctenomorpha gargantua. [3] It is native to south-east Queensland and New South Wales.