Extatosma tiaratum Australian stick insect

Extatosma tiaratum Australian stick insect

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Extatosma tiaratum L4-5 and adults. Aussies  Brown morph. Limited Quantity order Phasmatodea   suborder Verophasmatodea   infraorder Anareolatae   family Phasmatidae Gray, 1835 subfamily Extatosomatinae Sellick 1997 Tribus Extatosomatini Sellick 1997 genus Extatosoma Gray, 1833 kind Extatosoma tiaratum (Mayleay 1826) ────────────── general remarks Australian Stick Insect-Common names are E.T., Macleys Spectre, Giant Prickly Stick, or Australian Stick. These are a large stick insect, with an abdomen the size of a thumb, and a circumference to fill your palm. They rock when blown on or are sprayed, and will walk on people willingly. They resemble a scorpion in terms of body shape. Macleay described this kind 1826 as Phasma tiaratum Synonyms: Ectatosoma tiaratum , Gray 1835 for further taxonomic information → Phasmida Species Files Extatosoma tiaratum was one of the first stick insect species bred in Europe since the early 1960s, Over the years various Extatos

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