Mystery "Stick."

[Louise E. Rothstein]

Dear Arachnoboards Members:

I bought a "Vietnamese stick insect" of unknown "Latin" name.
She(?) was said to be a female who needs no mate to breed.

She HAS to have a "Latin" name!

But what is it?

Most perplexedly yours,
Louise Esther Rothstein.

 

[arachnocat]

Hi!
It could be "Baculum extradentatum". Those are the most common Vietnamese sticks.

 

[Mr. Mordax]

Another common one is Ramulus artemis -- green, slender, and rough-textured exoskeleton with no large bumps or spines. I think a physical description and picture would be very helpful. Common names with phasmids are as useless as common names with . . . um, well, they're not very usefull.

 

[ftorres]

Mystery Stick

HEllo,
B extradentatum is now Medauroidea extradentatum, that is the common Vietnamese stick, look for two little horns on the head.
regards

 

[Mr. Mordax]

That one (M. extradentatum) looks a lot like the one I mentioned, but tends toward brown and has more little bumps all over the body (extradentata being latin for "external teeth").

 

[Louise E. Rothstein]

Dear Arachnosquire:

My mystery's slim little "horns" are really antennae.
Do these count as little "horns"? And does general "bumpiness" that does
include her head...but which actually extends over her entire anatomy..?

She is a veritable "symphony of browns."
But I have seen accents in golden cream,olive green,and almost black.
Although browns stay preponderant her accent colors change with every molt.

Does this description sound like an immature specimen of Medauroidea
extradentatum? And,if not...what have we here?

 

[Mr. Mordax]

Here's two closeups of the head of M. extradentata (sorry the pictures are so large). In addition to the antennae, they have a pair of spines on the head that ftorres was referring to. You can also see the "teeth" on the front legs.

 

[Louise E. Rothstein]

I'm sorry...the picture is so small that I can't really SEE the
"horns-" unless they are the "bulging eyes?"
(My bug does have "bulging eyes.")

I cannot see any separate "spikes" on my "bug" or in your
picture...but should I?

Enquiringly yours,

Louise E. Rothstein.