Males and females can be physically differentiated. Males have a slender, electric blue body with orange legs. Females have a bulkier body, are brown in colour and are larger.
Identity card
Metallic stick insect
- Scientific name:
- Achrioptera fallax
- Family:
- Phasmatidae
- Class:
- Insecta
- Phylum:
- Arthropoda
- Year of description:
- Coquerel, 1861
- IUCN Status:
- Not Evaluated
- Distribution:
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It only lives in Madagascar
- Habitat:
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Madagascar
- Size:
Males measure between 14 and 18 cm, whereas females are larger and measure 22 cm on average.
- Diet:
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The metallic stick insect feeds on plants such as eucalyptus, oak leaves and brambles.
