Unidentified

1 Can you identify this sighting?

Unidentified at suppressed - 8 Feb 2024
Unidentified at suppressed - 8 Feb 2024
Unidentified at suppressed - 8 Feb 2024
Unidentified at suppressed - 8 Feb 2024
Unidentified at suppressed - 8 Feb 2024
Request use of media

Identification history

Tropidoderus childrenii 8 Feb 2024 RogerF
Didymuria violescens 8 Feb 2024 Curiosity

Identify this sighting


Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

Not sure of the ID. I've suggested this species because of the pale margin to the wings - I'm not seeing the large spurs on the legs (image 4). It is a slender stick insect at about 80mm in body length. Also, it is similar to one I reported in early Dec 2023 (sighting 4535360), but I think this one could be a different individual. I have added an image for another stick insect that showed up the next morning (8 Feb) after the one in images 1-4 (7 Feb) and changed the abundance to 2. The new arrival appeared to be very similar in appearance but somewhat smaller, and we had moved the one on 7 Feb to a nearby eucalypt that evening!

2 comments

RogerF wrote:
   8 Feb 2024
Just a suggestion T. childrenii
Curiosity wrote:
   9 Feb 2024
Thanks, Roger. All suggestions are appreciated. This has become a mystery stick insect for me and I'll have a closer look at your suggestion. For some reason, several roaming stick insects (2 different species) have arrived at our house since early December.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Sighting information

  • 2 Abundance
  • 8 Feb 2024 01:13 PM Recorded on
  • Curiosity Recorded by

Additional information

  • 50mm or larger Animal size
  • Alive / healthy Animal health

Record quality

  • Images or audio
  • More than one media file
  • Confirmed by an expert moderator
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • GPS evidence of location
  • Description
  • Additional attributes
2,154,606 sightings of 19,958 species in 6,505 locations from 11,466 contributors
CCA 3.0 | privacy
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.