New Zealand Invertebrates

DSC_9318 Prickly stick insect (Acanthoxyla intermedia) pattern on body of brown morph. This genus is very unusual as all populations are female and they reproduce by parthenogenesis. Otago Peninsula *

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DSC_9318 Prickly stick insect (Acanthoxyla intermedia) pattern on body of brown morph. This genus is very unusual as all populations are female and they reproduce by parthenogenesis. Otago Peninsula *

DSC 9318 Prickly stick insect Acanthoxyla intermedia pattern camouflage bark body brown morph female parthenogenesis Otago Peninsula