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Armoured Stick Insect

Parectatosoma sp

Photo by Dan Doucette
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

about 5" long, long neck with spikes, adult male

Habitat:

rainforest

Notes:

I nearly stepped on this insect at the camp ground at Ranomafana National Park. Seems like it's missing its front left leg.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
BrunoKneubühler
this is an adult male of a species which belongs to the genus Parectatosoma or a very closely related genus (order Phasmatodea)
Dan Doucette
I added a few more pics to this spotting to try and help with ID. They aren't the greatest pics but they show a bit more. The common name is a creation I came up with, not sure of the proper common name.

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PublishedApril 11, 2011

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