Sipyloidea sipylus (Westwood 1859)

Pink-winged Stick-insect

Taxonomy: 

  • Phasmida›Phasmatidae›Sipyloidea sipylus

Status: 

NN

Colours show the year of the last record -

  up to 1987   1988-97   1998 up to present

Only Recording Scheme datasets are included. Other datasets on the Gateway may hold additional information.

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Description: 

The pink-coloured wings present on all adults make this species easy to identify. It can spray an irritant at potential predators.

Wings: 

Fully winged.

Food: 

Herbivorous.

Habitat: 

Native to Madagascar, this is one of the more common species kept as a pet.

Phenology: 

This species is parthenogenetic, existing only as females in captivity.