New Zealand Giant Stick Insect (lemmy.nz)

submitted 2 years ago by happy_piwakawaka to c/newzealand

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New Zealand Giant Stick Insect - Argosarchus horridus

Was visited by this not so wee one yesterday. Never seen a stick insect this big outside of the zoo - was probably close to 18cm long (judging size against weatherboards).

My daughter named it Dave.

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[-] AWOL_muppet 7 points 2 years ago

Quality Dave reference, well done!

[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Dave is walking up glass. Impressive.

[-] Ozymati 4 points 2 years ago

Fantastic!

this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2024

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