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The '''titan stick insect''' (''Acrophylla titan'') is the longest [[stick insect]] found in [[Australia]]. The species lives only around |
The '''titan stick insect''' (''Acrophylla titan'') is the longest [[stick insect]] found in [[Australia]]. The species lives only around south-east [[Queensland]] and [[New South Wales]]. Titan stick insects are pale brown-grey in colour and can grow up to 30[[cm]] in length. The females can be easily identified as being larger than the males. Males are able to fly but females are not. |
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[[Image:The new lot 155.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Titan stick insect eggs]] |
[[Image:The new lot 155.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Titan stick insect eggs]] |
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| Acrophylla titan Macleay, 1827
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The titan stick insect (Acrophylla titan) is the longest stick insect found in Australia. The species lives only around south-east Queensland and New South Wales. Titan stick insects are pale brown-grey in colour and can grow up to 30cm in length. The females can be easily identified as being larger than the males. Males are able to fly but females are not.
Breeding
Titans Breed during winter/summer. During the mating process, the male connects his abdomen to the lower part of the female's egg compartment. Mating can take at up to 40mins and is repeated several times. The female will end up with a fat abdomen and will produce a lot of eggs (200 to 1000) in her life time.
The females then flick their eggs to the ground. The eggs look like those of the children's stick insect, but they are black-grey with a small white growth. Ants pick them up and eat the growth, and leave the egg in the refinery where they hatch.
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