Megacrania batesii
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Platycrania batesii |
This blue to green colored stick insect only lives on the midribs of the leaves of the "screwpine" Pandanus tectorius. If disturbed during the day, it emits a milky substance with a smell resembling peppermint. They do not use their hindlegs for locomotion.
The species occurs in Queensland, as well as several islands in the Pacific Ocean, for example the Solomon Islands, Ambon Island, New Guinea, the New Hebrides and the Philippines.
Another Megacrania species, M. alpheus, should possibly be included in M. batesii.
[edit] References
- Peter Miller: M. batesii
- Hsiung, C.-C. & Yang, J.-T. (2000). Systematic Study of Megacrania Species of Australia (Cheleutoptera: Phasmatidea [sic]). Journal of Orthoptera Research 9: 71-75. doi:10.2307/3503636
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