Stick insect
Most stick insects, like this one, are perfectly camouflaged for life in the forest - they look just like a twig or leaves. However, the giant prickly stick insect is able to curl its abdomen so it resembles a scorpion to scare away predators.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 186/1907
- Category
- Natural History
- Collection Class
- Arthropods
- Collection Area Region
- Australia and New Zealand
- Common Name
- stick insect
- Simple Name
- insect : stick insect
