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Stick insects (Phasmatodea)

Stick insects (Phasmatodea)

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Stick insects (Phasmatodea)

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Unidentified Stick insect (Phasmatodea) at Lyons, ACT by ran452
Podacanthus sp. (genus) at Cotter River, ACT by BethanyDunne
Didymuria violescens (Spur-legged stick insect) at Harolds Cross, NSW by Csteele4
Unidentified Stick insect (Phasmatodea) at Tharwa, ACT by Harrisi
Unidentified Stick insect (Phasmatodea) at Borough, NSW by Paul4K
Unidentified Stick insect (Phasmatodea) at Latham, ACT by BenHarvey
Didymuria violescens at Palerang, NSW by AlisonMilton
Didymuria violescens at Palerang, NSW by AlisonMilton
Didymuria violescens at Palerang, NSW by AlisonMilton
Didymuria violescens at Palerang, NSW by Csteele4
Acrophylla titan at Bungendore, NSW by clarehoneydove
Phasmatodea (order) (Unidentified stick insect) at Yaouk, NSW by Janet
Didymuria violescens (Spur-legged stick insect) at Charleys Forest, NSW by arjay
Didymuria violescens at Yaouk, NSW by JARS

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Csteele4 wrote:
15 Jan 2025
@MichaelMulvaney Could you please verify this? I'm confident in the ID.
Didymuria violescens
RogerF wrote:
5 Jan 2025
It’s a nymph so could be one of several species
Phasmatodea (order)
Janet wrote:
4 Jan 2025
Ok thanks Roger. I added a couple of photos from different angles that hopefully might assist identification
Phasmatodea (order)
RogerF wrote:
3 Jan 2025
Wrong colour, no spur
Phasmatodea (order)
KimberiRP wrote:
28 May 2024
The hind wing colour, with the leading edge brown and a larger fan-shaped 'anal' part violet, indicates a male Didymuria violescens.
Didymuria violescens

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Podacanthus sp. (genus)

Didymuria violescens at Harolds Cross, NSW

Didymuria violescens at Harolds Cross, NSW

Didymuria violescens

Didymuria violescens

Didymuria violescens

Didymuria violescens

Acrophylla titan

Phasmatodea (order) at Yaouk, NSW

Phasmatodea (order) at Yaouk, NSW

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