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Argosarchus horridus (The Horrid Stick Insect)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Argosarchus horridus, or the New Zealand giant stick insect, is a stick insect of the family Phasmatidae, endemic to New Zealand and the only member of its genus. Their body-length, up to 15 cm, is the longest of any New Zealand insect.
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Prey / Diet

Crataegus heterophylla (Common Hawthorn)[1]
Muehlenbeckia australis (muehlenbeckia)[1]
Paratrophis microphylla (small-leaved milk tree)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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♦ 1New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0