Species Pictures A-K

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Click on the thumb-nailed pictures below to go to a new page for each species...(I will  add info. as it becomes available to me.   Please let me know if you have any updated info.)  I have used a penny throughout the site to help illustrate the sizes of the species'.

Click to find out what a PSG # is (or for more about the PSG click this: Phasmid Study Group Homepage).

Family	Genus species (PSG #)	Click these Picture-links	Origin	sexual=s, partheno- genetic=p	Notes	Common Names
Phasmatinae	Acanthoxyla sp. (?)		New Zealand	???	All my 1st instar died...	none(?)
Phasmatinae	Acrophylla titan (154)		Australia	S	very long	?
Phasmatinae	Acrophylla wuelfingi (13)		Australia	S	quite long, males winged	Wulfing's Stick-insect
Pseudophasmatinae	Anisomorpha buprestoides (12)		United States	S	emit spray, harmful to eyes	Two-Striped Walkingstick, Florida Stick
Pseudophasmatinae	Anisomorpha monstrosa (122)		Belize	S	glossy black, emit harmful spray	none(?)
Bacteriinae	Aplopus sp.		Haiti	S	short wings in female, male long wings	none(?)
Bacteriinae	Aplopus sp.		?	S	Females medium length, males winged...ova never hatched	none(?)
Heteropteryginae	Aretaon asperrimus (118)		Sabah (Malaysia)	S	thorny, cryptic coloration	Sabah Spiny, Thorny Stick-insect
Bacillinae	Bacillus sp.		Europe/ Mediterranean	???	looks similar to C. morosus, some nymphs have a reddish cast	none(?)
Bacillinae	Bacillus rossius (3)		Europe	S	typically stick-like	Mediterranean Stick-insect, Corsican Stick-insect
Bacteriinae	Bacteria sp.		Central/South America???	???	Bacteria spp. are supposedly quite long.	none(?)
Phasmatinae	Baculum sp. (144)		Vietnam	P. in culture	rather plain-looking through 3rd instar	Saussure?
Phasmatinae?	Baculum nematodes		Borneo, Java, Malaysia	S	small ear-like flaps on head	Great Thin Stick-insect
Phasmatinae	Baculum sp. (153)		Thailand	S	?	Chiang Mai
Phasmatinae	Baculum sp. (?)		Bangladesh	???	???	Bangladesh 2
Phasmatinae	Baculum sp. (157)		Vietnam	S	25cm (11 in.)???	none(?)
Phasmatinae	Baculum thaii (22)		Thailand	S	very thin, and awkward to hold, 2 bumps on head	Thailand Stick-insect
Lonchodinae	Carausius abbreviatus (109)		Sarawak, Malaysia	S	fairly typical-looking at 2nd instar	none(?)
Lonchodinae	Carausius  morosus (1)		India	P for the most part, but males have been known	red lining on inner front legs, green to dark brown body, great beginner species	Laboratory- stick, Indian,   Barrel
Lonchodinae	Carausius sechellensis (16)		Seychelles	S	fairly typical-looking at 2nd instar	none(?)
Lonchodinae	Carausius sp.		Philippines	?	Black nymphs, white-tipped antennae	none (?)
Cladomorphinae	Carribiophasma jamaicana (214)		Jamaica	?	brilliant green at maturity, pink-wing male	?
Lonchodinae	Chondrostethus woodfordi (186)		Solomon Islands	S	some cultures are spiny, some are green	none(?)
Phasmatinae	Clitarchus hookeri (7)		New Zealand	P	had trouble keeping the nymphs alive, foodplant???	Smooth Stick-Insect
?	Clonistria sp.		West Indies???	P	plain looking species	none(?)
Phasmatinae	Ctenomorphodes tessulata (155)		Australia	?	didn't survive on bramble	Tessellated Phasmatid
Heteropteryginae	Dares validispinus (38)		Sarawak, Malaysia	S	small interesting species	...
Heteropteryginae	Dares verrucosus (69)		Sabah, Malaysia	S	small interesting species	...
Heteronemiinae	Diapheromera femorata (35)		North America	S	glossy-hardwood appearance, brown or green	Common American Walkingstick, Northern Walkingstick
Heteronemiinae	Dyme sp. (113?)		Ecuador?	P	nymph is neon yellow-grn with interesting black striping, emit odor	none(?)
Phasmatinae	Entoria sp. (211)		Bangladesh	S	hatchlings are long and grow quickly in the beginning	Bangladesh 12
Phasmatinae	Entoria formosana		Taiwan	?	smaller ova than species below	?
Phasmatinae	Entoria sp. (Lutao Island)		Taiwan	?	larger ova than Entoria species above	?
Heteropteryginae	Epidares nolimetangere (99)		Sarawak, Malaysia	`S	name means "touch me not"...very spiny	Touch Me Not Stick-Insect
Eurycanthinae	Eurycantha calcarata (23)		Papua New Guinea	S	ground-dwelling, spiny, males cannibalistic at times, simple pet	Giant Spiny
Eurycanthinae	Eurycantha coriacea (111)		New Guinea	S	smaller, greener? than other Eurycantha sp.	...
Eurycanthinae	Eurycantha sp. (44)		Indonesia	S	arboreal, larger than E. calcarata	none(?)
Phasmatinae	Eurycnema goliath (14)		Australia	S	very large and colorful	Goliath Stick-Insect
Phasmatinae	Eurycnema versirubra (28)		West Malaysia	P in culture	large and colorful	Red-winged Green Giant
Tropidoderinae	Extatosoma tiaratum (9)		Queensland, Australia	S	can live up to 1.5 yrs.  Probably the most popular species.	Australian, Mackay's (Macleay's) Spectre, Giant Prickly
Pachymorphinae	Gratidia sp (conformans?)		Andaman Islands (if conformans)	S	males are similar to 183, but fem. are slightly diff.	?
Pachymorphinae	Gratidia sp. (206)		Tanzania	?	Similar in shape to the other Gratidia spp, but much smaller	?
Pachymorphinae	Gratidia hispidulus (183)		Andaman Islands	S	varies in color	none(?)
Heteropteryginae	Haaniella dehaanii (126)		Borneo	S	...	none(?)
Heteropteryginae	Haaniella muelleri (112)		W. Malaysia	S	...	none(?)
Heteropteryginae	Haaniella saussurei (177)		Sarawak, Malaysia	S	...	none(?)
Heteropteryginae	Heteropteryx dilatata (18)		Malaysia	S	Heaviest phasmid, largest phasmid ova	Jungle Nymph
Heteropteryginae	Hoploclonia gecko (110)		Sarawak, Malaysia	S	?	?

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Information sources: The Phasmid Study Group (PSG), Paul D. Brock for his book "The Amazing World of Stick and Leaf-Insects, and all the subscribers to Alexander Dobernig's "Stick-list".

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