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πŸͺ΅ Stick Insects

Raphael s Stick Insect

Achrioptera fallax

Near Threatened

About

A large stick insect from Madagascar where males have brilliant blue and orange coloring with small spiny wings. Females are much larger and brown. It is endemic to Madagascar.

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Did You Know?

Males display dazzling blue iridescence not from pigments but from nanostructures in their cuticle that scatter light.