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What

Frosted Phoenix (Titanomis sisyrota)

Observer

pav_johnsson

Date

March 2, 2024 12:37 AM NZDT

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What

Malayan Jungle Nymph (Heteropteryx dilatata)

Observer

lungchris

Date

May 19, 2019 10:15 PM CEST

Description

Female/Male

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aristotelis

Date

December 8, 2023 03:07 PM EAT

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What

Unarmed Stick-Insect (Acanthoxyla inermis)

Observer

grey

Date

April 27, 2022 11:33 AM NZST

Description

On a Eucalyptus tree. Specimen placed in box overnight. Photo 4 shows what maybe an egg about to be laid. Photos 5 and 6 show an egg that was subsequently laid (length 4 mm).

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Observer

albertkang

Date

February 20, 2019 09:43 PM +08

Place

Brunei (Google, OSM)

Description

Eggs of phasmid/stick insect from the genus Marmessoidea, usually laid in cluster and glued on leafs or branches.

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Observer

albertkang

Date

February 5, 2020 07:46 PM +08

Description

Ootheca (eggs) of Phasmid of the species Kalocorinnis wegneri

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What

Cyclone Larry Stick Insect (Sipyloidea larryi)

Observer

davidgwhite

Date

July 24, 2018 11:40 AM AEST

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What

Smooth Stick Insect (Clitarchus hookeri)

Date

December 26, 2023 06:52 PM NZDT

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What

Stick Insects (Order Phasmida)

Observer

rolandwirth

Date

October 16, 2023 09:26 PM NZDT

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What

Prickly Stick Insect (Acanthoxyla prasina)

Observer

bexbowater

Date

April 28, 2023 10:12 AM NZST

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What

Prickly Stick Insect (Acanthoxyla prasina)

Observer

invertebratist

Date

October 28, 2023 08:47 PM NZDT

Description

Auckland Entomological Society field trip to Mataia Homestead, 28 October 2023.

Native Kauri-podocarp-broadleaved forest / Manuka, Kanuka scrub, at night. Found by @kee09, thanks!

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What

Smooth Stick Insect (Clitarchus hookeri)

Observer

ben01

Date

December 30, 2023 03:03 AM NZDT

Description

Common on roadside Leptospermum.
Arthur Leigh Titchener Memorial Covenant, Waiheke Is.

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What

Stick Insects (Order Phasmida)

Observer

jacobmusson

Date

January 2, 2024 02:30 PM NZDT

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What

Smooth Stick Insect (Clitarchus hookeri)

Observer

bryce_mcquillan

Date

December 26, 2023 10:10 PM NZDT

Description

Mating stick insects

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What

Prickly Stick Insect (Acanthoxyla prasina)

Observer

emily_r

Date

January 21, 2024 08:41 PM NZDT

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What

Prickly Stick Insect (Acanthoxyla prasina)

Observer

benackerley

Date

January 24, 2024 05:29 PM NZDT

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What

Stick Insects (Order Phasmida)

Observer

splaashes

Date

October 2023

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What

Prickly Stick Insect (Acanthoxyla geisovii)

Observer

julievause_nz

Date

January 29, 2024 03:45 PM NZDT

Description

Adult climbing up the side of our house in Opua, Bay of Islands, adjacent to NZ native bush.

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What

Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)

Observer

lawrencetroup

Date

December 29, 2021 09:45 AM NZDT

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What

Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)

Date

December 30, 2019 02:37 PM NZDT

Description

There is a spider in this photo

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Observer

commoncopper

Date

February 10, 2024 09:56 PM NZDT

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What

Stick Insects (Order Phasmida)

Observer

jacog

Date

February 1, 2023 11:13 PM NZDT

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What

Knobbled Orbweaver (Socca pustulosa)

Observer

lwnrngr

Date

December 2023

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What

Knobbled Orbweaver (Socca pustulosa)

Observer

invertebratist

Date

November 6, 2023 01:21 AM NZDT

Description

Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest. At night.

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What

Giant Scale Insects (Genus Coelostomidia)

Observer

jacqui-nz

Date

March 11, 2018 02:34 PM NZDT

Description

Insect moving around on a footbridge handrail over a stream in native bush.

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What

Giant Scale Insects (Genus Coelostomidia)

Observer

erinaceus

Date

March 21, 2023 03:16 PM NZDT

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Observer

christianlangner

Date

March 18, 2007 08:02 AM CET

Description

extraordinary striking colored new species, eventually new Genus (see observation of a similar individual here: http://endemia.nc/en/faune/fiche1948)
Note the excretion of a milky defense liquid after handling...

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Observer

pl_stenger

Date

July 2021

Place

Nord, NC (Google, OSM)

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Observer

matthias_deuss

Date

October 2021

Place

Sud, NC (Google, OSM)

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Observer

damienbr

Date

May 2022

Place

Sud, NC (Google, OSM)

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Observer

amouly

Date

October 31, 2003 02:05 AM +11

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What

Longhorn Beetles (Family Cerambycidae)

Observer

pauldickson

Date

April 29, 2023 04:53 PM HKT

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Observer

tyler_mcbeth

Date

January 15, 2023 03:54 PM NZDT

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What

New Zealand Giant Stick Insect (Argosarchus horridus)

Observer

kaf_nz

Date

November 24, 2022 02:52 PM NZDT

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What

Prickly Stick Insect (Acanthoxyla prasina)

Observer

andrew-simpson

Date

November 15, 2020 09:44 PM NZDT

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Observer

shaun-lee

Date

April 23, 2021 04:05 AM NZST

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What

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio canadensis)

Observer

dccopley

Date

July 17, 2022 03:50 PM AKDT

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What

Tiger Swallowtails and Allies (Subgenus Pterourus)

Observer

cobrien207

Date

August 22, 2022 11:31 AM EDT

Place

Rockport (Google, OSM)

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What

Australian Twig-mimicking Katydid (Zaprochilus australis)

Observer

peter-lang

Date

October 28, 2013

Description

Found on dead branch in Eucalyptus oleosa (-E. socialis) Open Mallee community on hill crest.

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What

Smooth Stick Insect (Clitarchus hookeri)

Date

January 26, 2022 03:28 PM NZDT

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What

New Zealand Giant Stick Insect (Argosarchus horridus)

Observer

luke_sutton

Date

June 5, 2021 12:53 PM NZST

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What

Southern Two-striped Walkingstick (Anisomorpha buprestoides)

Observer

marciab

Date

August 2021

Place

Texas, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Dead, being eaten by crazy ants.

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Observer

zacpfeifer

Date

February 9, 2020 10:10 AM UTC

Description

being eaten by phrynidae

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What

Stick Insects (Order Phasmida)

Observer

earthknight

Date

September 15, 2021 01:37 PM +07

Description

Being eaten by a Giant Asian Mantis

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What

Red-winged Stick Insect (Podacanthus viridiroseus)

Observer

ianmcmillan

Date

January 17, 2015 08:53 PM AEST

Description

Predated by Holconia immanis, Sparassidae

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What

Cape Stick Insect (Phalces brevis)

Observer

jasonjams

Date

April 16, 2022 10:51 AM SAST

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What

Stick Insects (Order Phasmida)

Observer

dolphinonkeys

Date

April 18, 2022 07:58 PM NZST

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Observer

pl_stenger

Date

November 30, 2008 02:00 AM +11

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Observer

pl_stenger

Date

December 2021

Place

Nord, NC (Google, OSM)

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What

Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

Observer

jefffryett

Date

February 8, 2021 12:35 PM +13

Description

Wasp predating on a stick insect. Saw the wasp on a path and stopped on it then saw the stick insect after

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What

Asian Paper Wasp (Polistes chinensis)

Observer

angelamoonjones

Date

January 18, 2022 11:06 AM +13

Description

This wasp was eating some sort of long green insect. I thought it was a caterpillar but perhaps it was a stick insect?

Birds

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What

Manu (Birds) (Class Aves)

Observer

jacqui-nz

Date

February 12, 2020 10:05 AM NZDT

Description

Found the three eggs shells in small hollow in foliage on a bank above a bush access road. Photos 4&5 show the eggs in situ. Looks like a dead stick insect in the leaf litter as well. Eggs maybe predated? This area has regular pest control, baiting and trapping.

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What

Prickly Stick Insect (Acanthoxyla prasina)

Observer

jacqui-nz

Date

January 4, 2022 01:15 PM NZDT

Description

Stick insect attacked by a paper wasp. Back end bitten off. Unlikely to survive. Probably the same stick insect observed on this small guava bush Dec 20 & Dec 25:

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/103728455

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/103729132

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JD

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Observer

jo_poulton

Date

February 10, 2020 03:24 PM NZDT

Description

Found in spider web under mixed exotic/macadamia spp hedge

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Observer

dan686

Date

January 31, 2020 03:40 PM NZDT

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What

Prickly Stick Insect (Acanthoxyla prasina)

Observer

davidwhyte

Date

July 26, 2021 10:55 AM NZST

Description

Found in my van after putting in some firewood logs. Firewood was kowhai, exotic conifer and some other fast growing exotic.

Released back onto native vegetation

It was swaying in the wind, even though there was not wind in the van.

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What

Cape Stick Insect (Phalces brevis)

Observer

qgrobler

Date

March 11, 2014

Description

Mantid -attacked by ants


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What

Titan Stick Insect (Acrophylla titan)

Observer

littlerunacres

Date

February 2018

Description

Field Notes - Found on the road when driving home. A magpie was attacking him. i pulled up to see why the magpie was interested in the stick. Not a stick. Moved him to the side of the road to avoid cars. Magpie may come back but such is nature

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Observer

jennahm

Date

June 16, 2018 07:15 AM AWST

Description

Being attacked in abdomen by two wasps while very much alive. To lay eggs?

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What

Children’s Stick Insect (Tropidoderus childrenii)

Observer

questagame

Date

October 2018

Description

Sighting and photos (c) green_eggs_and_ham.
Field Notes - Beautiful phasmid who was being attacked by birds! We think he's a male. Would love to know the species. Has a nice set of yellow and purple (?) wings and can fly a bit.

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What

Titan Stick Insect (Acrophylla titan)

Observer

questagame

Date

December 2018

Description

Sighting and photos (c) mark3.
Field Notes - It was just attacked by a bird which is why we saw it. It seems about 25-30cm long

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What

Pink-winged Phasma (Podacanthus typhon)

Observer

possumpete

Date

February 22, 2019 02:26 PM AEDT

Description

Didn't realise when I picked it up a battle for survival was going on as a large water skink was attacking this big insect.

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What

Northern Walkingstick (Diapheromera femorata)

Observer

reuvenm

Date

August 29, 2020 05:57 PM EDT

Description

Being attacked by yellowjacket

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Observer

jeffreycfy

Date

June 30, 2017 05:14 PM HKT

Description

Ants' attack.

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What

Northern Walkingstick (Diapheromera femorata)

Observer

jhiebert

Date

July 20, 2020 06:02 PM EDT

Description

A Walkingstick being attacked by some sort of true bug. There is a duplicate observation for the bug.

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What

Smooth Stick Insect (Clitarchus hookeri)

Observer

siobhanleachman

Date

April 2, 2021 11:39 AM +13

Description

Was on the ground. Saw it attacked by a wasp. Waved the wasp off and placed the stick insect on a tree.

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What

Smooth Stick Insect (Clitarchus hookeri)

Observer

epitree

Date

January 21, 2015

Description

Eating Phormium tenax.

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Observer

dougalt

Date

January 1, 2021 09:50 PM NZDT

Description

50 mm long; eating new foliage on a young kahikatea tree.

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What

Unarmed Stick-Insect (Acanthoxyla inermis)

Observer

mckee2r

Date

February 23, 2021 09:36 PM +13

Description

Eating pohutakawa leaves.

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What

Stick Insects (Order Phasmida)

Observer

comradepossum

Date

May 4, 2019 04:58 PM EDT

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What

Unarmed Stick-Insect (Acanthoxyla inermis)

Observer

mike1963

Date

December 16, 2020 02:34 PM UTC

Description

Stick insect seen on a privet hedge

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househopper_jr

Date

April 30, 2021 03:10 PM NZST

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What

Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae ssp. novaeseelandiae)

Observer

mandyh

Date

December 2, 2020 08:42 AM NZDT

Description

Observed in a Kanuka with a beakful of insects. Three juvenile stick insects and an unidentified winged insect.

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erincpow

Date

December 3, 2019 10:44 AM +12

Description

Female with scavenged stick insect leg

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What

Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari)

Observer

metanature

Date

December 18, 2020 03:23 PM +13

Description

On body of 20cm stick insect.

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What

Smooth Stick Insect (Clitarchus hookeri)

Observer

jefffryett

Date

February 8, 2021 12:35 PM +13

Description

Predated on by wasp

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Observer

grey

Date

December 26, 2020 01:59 PM NZDT

Description

Found on a garden shrub, missing 2 legs. Body about 10 cm long.

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What

Smooth Stick Insect (Clitarchus hookeri)

Observer

metanature

Date

December 18, 2020 03:23 PM +13

Description

This specimen was over 20cm long and infested with some kind of sucking insect.

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What

Common Rough Woodlouse (Porcellio scaber)

Observer

treegrow

Date

September 17, 2016 12:01 PM EDT

Description

Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, USA.

Tags

LLF

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What

Common Rough Woodlouse (Porcellio scaber)

Observer

pjd1

Date

September 22, 2019 10:08 AM NZST

Description

Common under concrete block lying in wasteland near Chatham William Innia Tuuta Airport car park.

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What

Chatham Island Cicada (Kikihia longula)

Observer

pjd1

Date

February 8, 2019 11:16 AM NZDT

Description

Common in rough pasture and fernland.

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What

Chatham Island Cockroach (Celatoblatta brunni)

Observer

danilo_hegg

Date

December 16, 2017 11:37 PM NZDT

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Observer

danilo_hegg

Date

December 16, 2017 10:07 PM NZDT

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Observer

pjd1

Date

July 26, 2015

Description

Not sure about the identification. Found in artificial Chatham Island Petrel burrow, associated with numerous weta. A large spider measuring c.90 mm in length. Rather reddish to my colour blind eyes. Such spiders are habitually called on this island Cambridgea annulata - so I place it here and await others conclusions. I did see sheet web spiders commonly on their webs the island at night and they sort of looked like this. This particular spider is reputed to have a painful bite.

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What

New Zealand Giant Stick Insect (Argosarchus horridus)

Observer

naturewatchwidow

Date

March 23, 2019 10:01 AM NZDT

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What

Knobbled Orbweaver (Socca pustulosa)

Observer

flossiepip

Date

May 14, 2018 10:20 PM NZST

Description

I think that the prey is a Brown Shield Bug!

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What

Knobbled Orbweaver (Socca pustulosa)

Observer

britt_fb

Date

February 27, 2020 04:34 PM +13

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What

Knobbled Orbweaver (Socca pustulosa)

Observer

harmypotter

Date

December 16, 2015 12:16 AM CET

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What

Smooth Stick Insect (Clitarchus hookeri)

Observer

obblue

Date

June 6, 2020 03:56 PM NZST

Description

Attacked by wasps

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What

Smooth Stick Insect (Clitarchus hookeri)

Observer

jacqui-nz

Date

May 3, 2019 01:21 PM NZST

Description

Rescued a live stick insect being attacked by Vespula wasps on leaf litter in native bush.

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ngr124

Date

February 1, 2019 11:46 AM NZDT

Description

Noticed on track as it was trying to defend itself from attack by a wasp. Amazed at how flexible it was when it curved the hind part of its abdomen around into a 'scorpion-like' posture to dislodge the wasp which was on its back.
Help with species ID would be appreciated please.

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What

Smooth Stick Insect (Clitarchus hookeri)

Observer

jacqui-nz

Date

February 12, 2019 04:56 PM NZDT

Description

Stick insect was repeatedly attacked by a wasp, but managed to scramble up the kanuka to safety.

Wasp obs: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/20378752

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Observer

shanmonkey31

Date

May 6, 2018 10:00 AM NZST

Description

A wasp was attacking this phasmid

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Observer

jon_sullivan

Date

January 15, 2016 08:22 AM NZDT

Description

The stick insect I rescued from a Vespula wasp. Also see my observation of the attack in progress.

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What

Smooth Stick Insect (Clitarchus hookeri)

Date

January 1, 2019 04:49 PM NZDT

Description

We found so many stick insects in this stream, a number worse for wear. Is this a parasite?

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What

Smooth Stick Insect (Clitarchus hookeri)

Observer

claire_gummer

Date

January 26, 2013

Place

Whatipu (Google, OSM)

Description

male and female stick insects mating on NZ flax. Clitarchus sp?? Female has 2 red protuberances, 1 each end of body, on 1 side only - tubercles? parasites? injuries? I have more photos; this is the most comprehensive with best focus.

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What

Stick Insects (Order Phasmida)

Observer

manishaprasad

Date

February 4, 2020 10:14 AM +13

Description

Stick insect with mites? found on Lophomyrtus obcordata.

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What

Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari)

Observer

jacqui-nz

Date

January 7, 2020 03:48 PM NZDT

Description

Several red mites on a live stick insect.
Insect obs: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/37364360