Latest posts tagged with #phasmids on Bluesky
🎄 #InsectAdvent Day 13 - #Phasmatodea, the masters of disguise 🪵 Their bodies mimic twigs, leaves or bark so well they almost vanish against foliage.
#FunFact: Some #phasmids reproduce by #parthenogenesis (females produce offspring without mating).
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Just had an unexpected visitor...
Mister G was intently pawing at the screen so I opened it to see what was outside. Lo and behold it was a Titan stick insect~!
G was most upset I released it, but it had already lost a leg to some predator and needed a hand (and a limb).
#Brisbane #phasmids
A stick insect with stubby bright red forewings and purple hindwings that match the purple color of the thorax. The darker tip of the purple abdomen of this male stick insects bears two lateral cerci, that are also purple. The sides of the insects are bright green with faint darker longitudinal stripes. The eyes are dark and the top of the head is purple. The spindly legs and the antennae are all marked with alternating green and purple bands. The insect is resting on a green leaf against a darker forest background.
A stick insect with stubby bright red forewings and purple hindwings that match the purple color of the thorax. The darker tip of the purple abdomen of this male stick insects bears two lateral cerci, that are also purple. The sides of the insects are bright green with faint darker longitudinal stripes. The eyes are dark and the top of the head is purple. The spindly legs and the antennae are all marked with alternating green and purple bands. The insect is resting on a green leaf and is viewed from its left side against a dark background.
Close-up view of the left side of the stick insect resting on a leaf. The bold green and purple color scheme and the stark splash of red from the first pair of wings make this an attention-grabbing creature. Small patches of yellow around the head enhance the contrast the color scheme. The alternating green and purple banding on the legs is especially evident.
A stick insect with stubby bright red forewings and purple hindwings that match the purple color of the thorax. The darker tip of the purple abdomen of this male stick insects bears two lateral cerci, that are also purple. The sides of the insects are bright green with faint darker longitudinal stripes. The eyes are dark and the top of the head is purple. The spindly legs and the antennae are all marked with alternating green and purple bands. The insect is resting on a green leaf against a darker forest background. This is a view similar to the first image, but has been cropped to close in on the green and purple body.
Stick insect Island. #Borneo is home of 10% of Earth’s #StickInsect species; it’s the best place to see them. The green, purple & red of #Orthonecroscia keatsooni #Lonchodidae make it unforgettable. #Phasmids were readily found in the #rainforest at night w/ flashlights. #TrusMadi #Sabah #Malaysia
A walking stick or stick bug. Hidden away in their world.
#nature #insect #walkingstick #phasmids
#interesting #cute
Image shows a pair of Sungaya stick insects. The larger female is carrying the smaller male on her back. They are on a big ivy leaf
Who said romance is dead? Silvia has taken her wee boyfriend for dinner (actually she's been carrying him for days) #stickinsects #insects #phasmids
Photo; side view of a giant green stick insect hanging from a branch, it's whole leafy body adorned with thorns and stripes running the length of its antennae.
Photo; my hand to give a sense of scale, though the insect was several inches behind the surface of its enclosure.
Photo; close-up on the face of the stick insect. A black stripe runs across its eyes, and massive maxillae form an almost fist-like shape on its "jaw". Also visible is the stick insects massive tarsal claws.
Usually I post bugs I see in the wild, but some of the critters in the Bugarium at the Albuquerque BioPark in NM are too cool not to share!
This is a Malaysian Jungle Nymph (Heteropteryx Dilatata), hand for scale. (sort of)
#emtomology #insect #phasmids #stickinsect
Sungaya stick insect on a woman's wrist. The insect is mostly brown, with a white stripe up it's middle, and white bands on it's legs, and is facing the camera
New friends arrived today! Lowland white stripe sungaya stick insects #sungayastickinsects #stickinsects #phasmids
Anisomorpha buprestoides, the southern two-striped walkingstick, devil rider, or musk mare, is a stick insect (order Phasmatodea: otherwise known as #phasmids or #walkingsticks ) which occurs throughout the southeastern United States […]
[Original post on mastodon.world]
Anisomorpha buprestoides, the southern two-striped walkingstick, devil rider, or musk mare, is a stick insect (order Phasmatodea: otherwise known as #phasmids or #walkingsticks ) which occurs throughout the southeastern United States.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anis…
