Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Cape 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
- Bacillus atticus
- Anophelepis telesphorus
- Bacillus rossius
- Clitarchus hookeri
- Macynia labiata
- Echetlus peristhenes
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Phasmida
- Family
- Bacillidae
- Genus
- Phalces
- Species
- Phalces brevis
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