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Green stick insect

Green stick insect

New Zealand has 21 species of stick insect and they are all wingless. Shown here is a widespread Acanthoxyla species on a branch of karamū, one of its food plants. No males of Acanthoxyla have ever been found. New generations of females develop from unfertilised eggs.

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Department of Conservation
Reference: 10034007

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George Gibbs. 'Insects – overview', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/insects-overview/6/2