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Walking Stick Found in the Hamelengan village, Nukna language, Morobe province Anchiale maculata,Geotagged,Papua New Guinea,Spring Click/tap to enlarge

Walking Stick

Found in the Hamelengan village, Nukna language, Morobe province

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    Kat675
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    Found in the Nukna village in the Morobe Province Posted one year ago
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      Ferdy Christant
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      Very cool species! It looks though that Megaphasma denticrus is a species from North America:
      https://www.gbif.org/species/1411531

      May I know how you came to this species name?       Posted one year ago
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        Kat675
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        I tried searching the photo online and got Giant Walking stick. Jungle dragon changed it to Megaphasma denticrus. I will work on finding the right name. Do you have any idea what species it is? Posted one year ago, modified one year ago
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          Ferdy Christant
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          When possible, it's better to try and find a binomial (latin) name of a species because they are unique whilst a generic name like "giant walking stick" is somewhat ambiguous. The "changing" of the name that you describe is due to "giant walking stick" being a synonym to Megaphasma denticrus in Wikipedia, which JungleDragon uses.

          Sorry, don't know yet what the correct species is. It's a fascinating one though.           Posted one year ago
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            Kat675
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            Could it possibly be the species Anchiale maculata? This photo I found while researching seemed to be the most similar.
            https://phasmatodea.com/sites/default/files/speciesgallery/anchiale/maculata-olivier-1792/seram/maculata-olivier-1792_3.jpg

             Posted 3 months ago
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              Ferdy Christant
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              I think Anchiale maculata is possible, but it's quite hard to be absolutely sure of it, given the limited literature. Stick insect identification is very hard with limited experts available. Posted 3 months ago

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Uploaded Feb 17, 2024. Captured Oct 8, 2010 07:58 in XW2X+3Q Ulap, Papua New Guinea.
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  • Canon PowerShot SD750
  • f/4.5
  • 1/501s
  • ISO400
  • 14.421mm

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