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Parobrimus monstrosus

Peter Dexter

Well-known member
This is one of the "stick insects" and what I find exciting is that it was apparently only described seven years ago: Conle, Hennemann & Gutierrez 2011. This is a male.


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Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
This is one of the "stick insects" and what I find exciting is that it was apparently only described seven years ago: Conle, Hennemann & Gutierrez 2011. This is a male.


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That certainly is evolved to be ugly. Who does it trick or it just increasing it’s odd st survival. I wonder whether those thorns really stop the birds from gobbling them up!

Remarkable creature. Now have they worked out a lifecycle. Is this the only form?

BTW, do you use a macro-ring, a devoted lens or just crop!

Asher
 

Peter Dexter

Well-known member
Well I think those thorns might deter a bird. I'm told there is a nymph form but I haven't seen it.

The lens is a Sony Zeiss 24 1.8, a landscape lens of all things but it is so sharp that combined with the 24mp of the camera I can get away with big crops.
 
Even more interesting in the larger size you posted in this forum as I can see the thorns better. Didn't know that it was a crop. As I previously posted, you did a good job with the details and sharpness.
 
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