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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]
Extatosoma tiaratum. This is a list of the Australian Phasmatodea. There are approximately 150 species. The list is organized from family, to subfamily, ...
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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 ]
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Extatosoma [1] is a genus of phasmids, in the monotypic subfamily Extatosomatinae, with two species. One occurs in Australia , one in New Guinea . Both have a colour morph imitating leaves, and one imitating lichen.
The Phasmatidae are a family of the stick insects (order Phasmatodea).They belong to the superfamily Anareolatae of suborder Verophasmatodea. [1]Like many of their relatives, the Phasmatidae are capable of regenerating limbs and commonly reproduce by parthenogenesis.
The phasmid Extatosoma tiaratum, resembling dried thorny leaves as an adult, hatches from the egg as a replica of a Leptomyrmex ant, with a red head and black body. The long end is curled to make the body shape appear ant-like, and the movement is erratic, while the adults move differently, if at all.