Stick insects (New World) (IMAGE)

University of Göttingen

Stick insects (New World)

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Even though they look so different, research shows that these stick insects from the New World are genetically more similar to each other than their relatives that are geographically distant. Shown here: pair of Mexican stick insects Pseudosermyle phalangiphora, female of Metriophasma diocles from Panama and a pair of Black Velvet stick insects Peruphasma schultei from Peru.

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Christoph Seiler

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