Stick insect - Tagesoidea nigrofasicata

Tagesoidea nigrofasicata
is an insect from the genus of stick insects.

Characteristics:
The animals appear robust, especially the females. The adult males are 55–59 mm long, the females 77–96 mm. Their flying wings are relatively large with wingspans of around 13 cm. The animals are very shiny and strikingly colored. The head, body and legs of the females are bright yellow to pale green, while the head and thorax of the males are metallic dark blue or green, the abdomen is dark blackish brown and the legs are black. In females, the front covert wings are light green, the rear wings are light yellow with a broad black and white radial stripe; The forewings of the males are bright yellowish green, the hindwings are yellow with a broad black marginal band. There are no ocelli on the head; The antennae are filiform and take up 3/4 of the body length in females and the full body length in males. distribution The animals are rarely found and their range extends across parts of Malaysia .

Reproduction:
The eggs are about 7 mm long and 1.9 mm thick, dark mahogany brown with a gray area at the anterior egg pole. The incubation period takes place as described in the HH method on slightly damp sand and lasts about 5-6 months at around 20-23 °C. The approximately 14 mm long larvae consist of an orange-brown body, black eyes and two white-black ringed antennae .