Giant prickly stick insect. Young girl looking at a female giant prickly stick insect (Extatosoma tiaratum). This solitary insect is endemic to Australia. When no males are present females exhibit parthenogenesis,where eggs are laid without fertilisation. These un-fertilised eggs take up to nine months to hatch and produce only females | |
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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Goetgheluck, Pascal |
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