Acrophylla titan, the titan stick insect, is the third-longest stick insect found in Australia. First described by William Sharp Macleay in 1826, it was considered to be the longest stick insect in the world until the discovery of Ctenomorpha gargantua.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Titan Stick Insect being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Acrophylla wuelfingi
- Anchiale briareus
- Anchiale austrotessulata
- Acrophylla enceladus
- Ctenomorpha marginipennis
- Acrophylla thoon
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Phasmida
- Family
- Phasmatidae
- Genus
- Acrophylla
- Species
- Acrophylla titan
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