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Winged Stick Insect, Phasmid - Male

Paraorthomeria alexis

Photo by AlbertKang
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Field Notes

Description:

A winged Stick Insect, small in size around 4 cm but a very good flyer.
Paraorthomeria is part of the Aschiphasmatinae family of Phasmids and most of them are Sprayers, meaning they can spray some chemicals from a pair of glands at the anterior edge of the prothorax. The pungent and putrid smell is used as a defense mechanism to deter their predator from eating them.

Notes:

Seen during day time, it was actively flying.

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