Acrophylla wuelfingi (Redtenbacher, 1908)

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Length: 190mm. Coloring: mottled brown. Note any distinguishing features.

male volant and mesopterous, female flightless and mesopterous.

Note parental placement of eggs. Note appearance of eggs. Note any common variations.

Note if the species arborial or terrestrial. Canopy, mid, under, etc.

Note typical vegetation, e.g. tropical rainforest, temperate rainforest, grasslands, alpine, etc.

Note if this species has ever been reared. Note any suggestions for successful rearing.

PSG notes indicate the following foodplants have been used successfully in captivity: Bramble, Oak, Eucalyptus, Raspberry, Rose.

For a stick insect with body length 190mm, to keep 2 adult females, you need a cage at least 850mm high, 400mm deep and 400mm wide.

NE coastal, QLD

It is not known if this species is endangered, as there is insufficient sighting history.

Balderson, J., Rentz, D.C.F. and Roach, A.M.E. (1998). in Houston, W.K.K. & Wells, A. (1998) (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 23. Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia (ISBN 0643 06035 9). pp. 347 - 376.
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Clark, J.T. (1976). The eggs of stick insects (Phasmida): a review with descriptions of the eggs of eleven species. Syst. Ent. 1: 95-105.
Vickery, V.R. (1983). Catalogue of Australian stick insects (Phasmida, Phasmatodea, Phasmatoptera, or Cheleutoptera). CSIRO Australian Division of Entomology Technical Paper, No. 20, 15 pp.
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This is PSG species 13. Described in PSG Newsletters #6 and #47.