Ctenomorpha marginipennis, the margin-winged stick insect, is a species of stick insect endemic to southern Australia. The species was first described by George Robert Gray in 1833,
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Margin-winged 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
- Anophelepis telesphorus
- Acrophylla titan
- Bactricia bituberculata
- Argosarchus horridus
- Anchiale austrotessulata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Phasmida
- Family
- Phasmatidae
- Genus
- Ctenomorpha
- Species
- Ctenomorpha marginipennis
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