Anchiale maculata (Olivier, 1792)

Common Name:

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Length: Coloring: Note any distinguishing features.

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: Brabble, Hawthorne, Oak, Eucalyptus, Raspberry, Rose.

NE coastal, QLD

Extralimital Distribution: Ambon, Indonesia.

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

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Bedford, G. O. (1976). Description and development of the eggs of two stick insects from New Britain. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 389-393
Bedford, G.O. (1978). Biology and ecology of the Phasmatodea. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 23: 125-149
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.
Tepper, J.G.O. (1902). List of the Described Genera and Species of the Australian and Polynesian Phasmidæ (Spectre-Insects). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 26: 278-287.
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 20.