Mating stick insects. Male (smaller) and female stick insects (Achrioptera punctipes) mating. This stick insect lives in the rainforests of Madagascar. At a length of 24 centimetres,the female is twice the size of the male. The male is brightly coloured,but the female is drab and resembles a twig. Although some female stick insects reproduce asexually by parthenogenesis,A. punctipes reproduces sexually and must mate before producing eggs | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Camacho, Tony |
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