New Zealand Stick Insect
Clitarchus hookeri
Adults inhabit gardens, scrub, hedges, and forest edges, resting among branches where their stick-like shape provides excellent camouflage. They are herbivores, feeding mainly on leaves from a variety of shrubs and trees. When threatened, they often freeze, sway like a twig in the wind, or drop from vegetation to disappear into leaf litter. This species is notable for its ability to establish populations through females producing young without mating.
- Type
- Stealth
- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
- ?
- New Zealand Stick Insect