Crowned stick insect
The crowned stick insect is a long, dark grey and black insect that looks like a twig. On top of its head it has a little bump shaped like a crown. Hidden on its back are deep purple wings.
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Fun facts
A grown-up can be about 12 centimetres long, which is longer than a grown-up's hand is wide.
Both the boys and the girls have the crown on their head.
Its dark colour is camouflage, so it blends in with the plants around it.
Scientists only described it in 2006, so it is quite new to science.
Most asked questions about Crowned stick insect
?How big is the crowned stick insect?
A grown-up can be about 12 centimetres long.
?Why is it called the crowned stick insect?
It has a bump on top of its head that looks like a little crown.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Onchestus rentzi
- Group
- Stick and leaf insects
- Classification
- Insecta > Phasmatodea
- Lives on
- Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Onchestus rentzi (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by BJinsect ( talk ) 20:33, 29 June 2008 (UTC). CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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