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Giant Prickly Stick Insect

Extatosoma tiaratum

Giant Prickly Stick Insect, reference photograph — Extatosoma tiaratum · observation 67394063 · Thomas Mesaglio · CC BY

Facts

Perth Zoo lists Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, as its distribution.
It eats leaves, usually eucalyptus in its natural setting.
Females have heavy bodies and reduced nonfunctional wing plates; slender males have full wings for flight.

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