I have pink wings

This Coconut Stick Insect - Graeffea crouanii is the most common stick insect in Fiji and they are considered a pest, feeding on Coconut leafs and Palm leafs.

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Flown Kimmerling

Lion

Beautiful shot! <3 You've captured it wonderfully! Posted 6 years ago

Patomarazul

Lion

Nice wings! Do they use them to jump?? Posted 6 years ago
1. Albert Kang
  
  Lion
  
  No, this are false wings, small and doesn't allows them to fly.
  They use it as defensive posture instead and they are also 'sprayers' from the glands behind their head.
  If you touch them, they may flips their wings and spray at you :D
  This is a male, the female has even smaller wings. Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Patomarazul
    
    Lion
    
    Ah! Interesting! Is the spray something irritant?? Posted 6 years ago
  2. 1. Albert Kang
      
      Lion
      
      It has a pungent smell. Could be irritating to the eyes if direct contact to it.
      In some extreme species, the sprays have been known to cause temporary blindness in humans, so I am sure to other animals, it is a big deterrent. Posted 6 years ago