Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of New Zealand Slender 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
- Tectarchus huttoni
- Tectarchus ovobessus
- Tectarchus salebrosus
- Clitarchus hookeri
- Candovia granulosa
- Candovia robinsoni
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Phasmida
- Family
- Diapheromeridae
- Genus
- Asteliaphasma
- Species
- Asteliaphasma jucundum
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