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Extatosoma tiaratum,
commonly known as the
spiny leaf insect, the
giant prickly stick insect, Macleay's spectre, or the
Australian walking stick, is a...
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Extatosoma is a
genus of phasmids, in the
monotypic subfamily Extatosomatinae, with two species. One
occurs in Australia, one in New Guinea. Both have...
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Extatosoma popa is a
species of
stick insect in the
genus Extatosoma from New Guinea. The subspecies: E. popa
carlbergi (Beccaloni, 1993)
previously was...
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together parts of the wings. Some species, such as the
young nymphs of
Extatosoma tiaratum, have been
observed to curl the
abdomen upwards over the body...
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Plate 8 from The
Monograph of the
Genus Phasma,
showing Extatosoma tiaratum...
- (sometimes in Phasmatinae) Extatosomatinae:
contains the
single genus Extatosoma Gray, 1833 (found in Australasia)
Lonchodinae (sometimes in Diapheromeridae:...
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Cooktownia Cooktownia plana subfamily:
Tropidoderinae genus:
Extatosoma Extatosoma tiaratum Extatosoma popa genus:
Podacanthus Podacanthus typhon Podacanthus...
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whereas the
adult is aposematic.
Phasmid Extatosoma tiaratum adult is a well-camouflaged
plant mimic.
Extatosoma tiaratum eggs,
mimicking ant-dis****d...
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Swaying is seen also in some insects, like Macleay's
spectre stick insect,
Extatosoma tiaratum. The
behaviour may be
motion crypsis,
preventing detection, or...
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highly cryptic animals such as the
leafy sea dragon, the
stick insect Extatosoma tiaratum, and mantises.
These animals resemble vegetation with
their coloration...
