New Zealand Invertebrates

11005-24918 Bristly, or Horrid stick insect (Argosarchus horridus) female on bush lawyer. This phasmid has the longest body length (15cm) of any NZ insect. Found throughout much of the North Island and large areas of the South Island. South Island populations are almost entirely female, and reproduce by parthenogenesis. Found in gardens on ramarama & rohutu hybrids (Lophomertus sp), and in the wild on horahora (Astelia banksii), bush lawyer and climbing rata. Otago Peninsula *

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11005-24918 Bristly, or Horrid stick insect (Argosarchus horridus) female on bush lawyer. This phasmid has the longest body length (15cm) of any NZ insect. Found throughout much of the North Island and large areas of the South Island. South Island populations are almost entirely female, and reproduce by parthenogenesis. Found in gardens on ramarama & rohutu hybrids (Lophomertus sp), and in the wild on horahora (Astelia banksii), bush lawyer and climbing rata. Otago Peninsula *

bristly stick 24918 horrid Argosarchus horridus parthenogenesis largest longest nz insect Otago Peninsula