Stick insects
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Clitarchus hookeri (White)
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae
Size range
- Very long insects, more than 75 mm long
Distribution
- New Zealand native
Life History
- Found in trees and shrubs, especially teatree, well camouflaged
- Feed on the leaves of trees and shrubs