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Stick Insect, Phasmid - Calvisia (Viridocalvisia) marmorata This is a pair of Stick Insect, Phasmids - Calvisia (Viridocalvisia) marmorata.<br />
They are high level of sexual dimorphism.  The smaller plain brown in the picture is the Male and the Female is the bigger brightly coloured one.<br />
It was originally described from a Male specimen as Nescicroa marmorata and the Female to the genus of Calvisia.  In the recently published book, A Taxanomic Guide to the Stick Insects of Borneo by Dr. Francis Seow Choen, he  corrected the description and placed them under the genus of Calvisia and erected a new sub-genus of Viridocalvisia. Borneo,Calvisia (Viridocalvisia) marmorata,Calvisia Viridocalvisia marmorata,Geotagged,Malaysia,Summer,calvisia,phasmid,sarawak,stick insect Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Stick Insect, Phasmid - Calvisia (Viridocalvisia) marmorata

This is a pair of Stick Insect, Phasmids - Calvisia (Viridocalvisia) marmorata.
They are high level of sexual dimorphism. The smaller plain brown in the picture is the Male and the Female is the bigger brightly coloured one.
It was originally described from a Male specimen as Nescicroa marmorata and the Female to the genus of Calvisia. In the recently published book, A Taxanomic Guide to the Stick Insects of Borneo by Dr. Francis Seow Choen, he corrected the description and placed them under the genus of Calvisia and erected a new sub-genus of Viridocalvisia.

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  1. Awesome species, and even more incredible to see both sexes in a single shot. Well done, and very well described. Posted 9 years ago
    1. Thanks, fchristant. Posted 9 years ago

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Females are very colorful, medium-sized species, body length 7 cm, bright yellow, with green, red, blue and black dots, blue femora. With long wings. Males are slender, small phasmids, body length 4.5 cm. Coloration rather monotonous compared to the females with different shades of brown with a pinkish hue. With long wings.

Similar species: Stick And Leaf Insects
Species identified by Jivko Nakev
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Uploaded Aug 7, 2016. Captured Jul 10, 2015 02:17 in Unnamed Road, 91000 Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia.
  • NIKON D5200
  • f/27.0
  • 1/180s
  • ISO200
  • 150mm