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 *

DSC9318Pricklystick insectAcanthoxylaintermediapatterncamouflagebarkbodybrown morphfemaleparthenogenesisOtago Peninsula