New Zealand Invertebrates

DSC_9304 Prickly stick insect (Acanthoxyla intermedia) detail of head of brown morph. This genus is very unusual as all populations are female and they reproduce by parthenogenesis. Otago Peninsula *

DSC9304Pricklystick insectAcanthoxylaintermediapatterncamouflagebarkheadbodybrown morphfemaleparthenogenesisOtago Peninsula