#giant prickly stick insect

[emmanuel-the-manual]

Bugs! 🐞

#digital drawing #bugs #australian insects #christmas beetle #blue banded bee #mullersstagbeetle #jewel beetle #commonlongicorn #giant prickly stick insect #insects #insect drawing #tasmanianladybird #bug drawing #fiddlerbeetle

[ultimatebugpoll]

ROUND 2 OF THE TUMBLR INSECT POLL

REMEMBER youre voting for your favorite OVERALL GROUP OF INSECTS not the individual species pictured above

#bugblr #entomology #entymology #insect #phasmatodea #stickbug #giant prickly stick insect #earwigs #dermaptera

[carciinogen]

Sometimes leaf get stuckt to my mout...,

#.txt #my critters <33 #australian prickly stick insect #giant prickly stick insect #prickly stick insect #stick bug #stick bugs #invertblr #pet bugs #entomology

[gothghostiiexo]

my giant prickly stick insect moulted for the first time ever since I got her!! (second time ever) so now she's in L3 and so big🥹

I'm genuinely so happy and proud of her, shes so pretty!! just look at her

#gothghostiie #ghostiie rambles #giant prickly stick insect #phasmid #moulting #insect #insects

[gothghostiie]

guess who has a pet now :)

#gothghostiie #ghostiie has a pet #!!! #they're so small #insect #giant prickly stick insect #macleays spectre #its literally called Australian ghost scare in German #ghostiie rambles

[averagepsychouser]

if Arcade was an animal, what do you think he would be?

INVERTEBRATE HE IS GIANT PRICKLY STICK INSECT

VERTEBRATE HE IS SOUTHERN TAMANDUA

EVIDENCE IS GOD TOLD ME INNA DREAM

#fallout new vegas #fallout nv #arcade gannon #arcade israel gannon #arcade fnv #fnv arcade #courier six

[crevicedwelling]

Hello! My cowoker's phasmids had babies awhile back and so I've recently come in possession of an Extatosoma tiaratum. Do you have any pointers on what to fill her enclosure with to make sure she's healthy and entertained? I'm feeding her Himalayan blackberry leaves because we have that everywhere. She's already the size of half my fist and I was told she'll grow even bigger.... Already quite the poop machine lol.

I have no experience with phasmids but other than having lots of food always available I’m not sure if anything else is really necessary! they want to hang around on their food, and eat their food, and that’s about it. maybe have some sturdier sticks about for molting in case she eats everything firm enough to hold her weight?

also, if you haven’t heard of the “lichen morph” E. tiaratum, it’s something I’ve always wanted to see! apparently raising nymphs in lichen-rich environments can trigger a change to a very different color morph. I’m not sure if all members of the species have the genetic basis to trigger the morph, and yours may already be too large to start it

[leadandblood]

Okay so far I got:

Goodsir - Bombus terrestris (buff-tailed bumblebee)

Hickey - Sabethes cyaneus (south american mosquito, doesn't have an english name, as far as i know. It's really fancy tho)

Crozier - Laothoe populi (poplar hawk moth)

Hodgson - springtail (haven't decided which one yet)

Gibson - Extasoma tiaratum (giant prickly stick insect)

(english should fire whoever's coming up with animal names. they're horrible at their job)

If you feel a particular connection between a cold boy and an insect, fire away! :D always love a collective effort

#Cold boy bugs #the terror #the terror amc #harry goodsir #francis crozier #billy gibson #cornelius hickey

[heller-castiel]

fun facts about australia: we have various species of stick insect but my favourite species is the giant prickly stick insect!! they’re also called spiny leaf insect, macleay’s spectre or the australian walking stick!! they live pretty much entirely of eucalyptus but ive heard they can also eat bramble as well?? if they lose a leg when they’re young they can drop it and regrow it, but not when they’re adults. the females are bigger than the male and look more like bulky dead leaves than sticks. if there are no males the female can produce eggs, but they will only be female as they are clones of their mother. so they’re like half asexual. its called parthenogenesis!!! these bugs are entirely harmless (even though the females do sort of resemble a scorpion) and you can keep them as a pet <3

footage of me running from australia

#newt i love that you love these bugs. however.

[jonnysinsectcatalogue]

Spiny Leaf Insect - Extatosoma tiaratum

It's been many years since I've laid my eyes on one of these magnificent creatures, and even longer since my days at UofT where I held one in my hand. As such, it was gratifying to see so many individuals on display at the Toronto Zoo and to soak in all their details and movements (mostly wobbles and slow, methodical steps) while observing them. With many female individuals, and a few different instars among them, I should have taken a video, but there was lots of exciting screaming in the background from the otters and reptiles. As much as I love animals, this blog is all about the insects, and so today we have pictures of these Giant Prickly Stick Insects. Today, they are known by many names such as Australian Walking Sticks, Spiny Leaf Insects, Macleay’s Spectres (named for British entomologist William Macleay and referencing their order Phasmatodea, whose name is derived form apparitions or more commonly, ghosts) or E. tiaratum. What ever you call them, just don't call them "Leaf Insects". Those are a different branch of Phasmid, of the family Phylliidae. Amazing as the former are, these large armored insects also have a certain special quality to them. Maybe it's just how large and unusual they are compared to our fauna, but I certainly think that they're eye-catching when they can actually be found and observed. In the wild, finding them is far more difficult since their mottled, spiked, dried-in-appearance leafy armor is meant to hide them from their predators.

These peaceful, plant-eating giants need every advantage they can secure since they aren't aggressive and are burdened with slow movement due to their armor. In most cases, if anything gets close, the "scorpion" posture combined with a mild chemical defense and their sharp spines may be just enough. But what if you're a thinner, more agile male? If you've been observant, there is one such darker individual in the background of Picture 1! They're quite different in appearance from females, being much smaller and slimmer, and they are also quite rare! Moreover, a mild reliance on using parthenogenesis to reproduce and lay eggs, they can become even rarer! The thin male has functioning wings and can use them when in danger by either flying away or flashing them to a predator, startling them. Naturally, wings also allow for a wider dispersal and an expansion to the search for fertile females. In an environment within captivity, the presence of a male may be likely to discourage parthenogenesis and in fertilized eggs that will hatch earlier after females drop them to the soil floor. There were no eggs to be found, so if you plan to visit and search for them, look for brown and white, seed-like objects fitted with a capsule-like projection (capitulum). They are likely to be removed and stored, as the eggs of E. tiaratum are reported to need cooler conditions to successfully hatch. Their terrarium may simulate a warm, tropical environment too well in that case. In the wild, Ants fulfill this condition, bringing the "seeds" underground into their food stockpile.

These insects are exhibited in the Toronto Zoo, so I’ve marked them with the Mantis icon. Pictures were taken August 27, 2023 at the Toronto Zoo with a Google Pixel 4. Please go and visit the animals (insects very much included).

#jonny’s insect catalogue #ontario insect #stick insect #spiny leaf insect #macleay's spectre #phasmatodea #phasmid #insect #toronto #toronto zoo #august2023 #2023 #nature #entomology #invertebrates

[spiderton]

if all the patapon characters were bugs which bugs would they be. youve probably already done this but

oh my god i suddenly lost most of my progress on this ask so im mildly irritated (not at u though) but il go over the zigotons first. spiderton is a golden orb weaver, beetleton is a stag beetle, makoton is a bark scorpion, and kharma a death head moth. saw gong being thrown around as like, also a death head moth, but hawkmoths exist so it fits him

for the patapons most of them are ants. fah hatapon kon and tsukapons are harvester ants, as hero ton and rah are trapjaws. i think shuraba would be a lacewing though but meden is probably a phasmid (maybe giant prickly stick insect, but tbh giant malaysian leaf insect works better). patapon princess is a pond skater (jesus bug is another common name), but thats abut it for the patapons

for the karmens itd be.. a bit harder but i can make things up. nomen is a texas ironclad beetle which are infamous for having incredibly tough shells to break.. kimen might also be a phasmid, just a common walking stick. for hukmen he might be an assassin bug (not any of the wheel ones, not sure abut the species but assassin bugs most remind me of him) EDIT: i forgot ormen karmen SORRY. hes a longhorn beetle

buzzcrave is either a botfly, mantis, or centipede. whatever you like more. slogturtle is a diving beetle, sonarchy is a bat fly, and covet hiss is a centipede herself. i did it wooo yayy

[vintagewildlife]

Giant prickly stick insect By: Leonhardt / Black Star From: The Illustrated Library of the Natural Sciences 1958

#stick insect #phasmid #insect #arthropod #invertebrate #1958 #1950s #Leonhardt #The Illustrated Library of the Natural Sciences

[notahorseindisguise]

get stickbugged

- Oboro

BUGGY!!

i havent gotten my stick bugs yet, but the person who im getting the eggs off of said she'd be bringing them in on monday?? so hopefully very soon !!! theyll take ages to hatch anyway but still. im getting them soonish!! they are gonna be giant prickly stick insects im very excited!!

youre new around here so let me explain one of my biggest interests in general is insects !!! i love bugs :333333

#corntent #BUG #im so excited for my stick bugs #SO excited WOO

[gothghostiiexo]

update:

#gothghostiie #ghostiie rambles #bug #giant prickly stick insect #giant stick insect #stick bug #get stick bugged lol #phasmid

[jammum]

Creature Day

Good morning all this Tuesday I am telling you a bit about the Giant Prickly Stick Insect, this creature is covered in thorns with the female being intimidating 20cm long it is twice the size of the male. When faced with a predator it sprays an odour to scare off the predators. The males do this as well but they are more likely to fly away from danger, as they don’t have the same spiny body…

View On WordPress

[rikki-tikkitavi]

Giant Prickly Stick Insect  - Insectarium in Montreal, Quebec - August 2022

#stick insect #bugblr #bugs #insects #insectarium #museumblr #montreal #zooblr #posts