It was great to find this stick insect (nanafushi) today. I remember keeping them as pets when I was a kid in the UK – we had to buy them from an insect supplier – and now I live somewhere that has them in the wild! In fact, there are 18 species of stick insect in Japan, so I’m hoping to find some more in the future.
Phasmatodea = Phasmida
Sipyloidea sipylus
Pink-winged stick insect = taiwan-tobi-nanafushi
Location: path near Hyoutan Pond (map)
The Phasmid Study Group has a new website with lots of interesting information on phasmids (see link).
Hi Ed,
Thanks for the information about the Phasmid Study Group.
To anyone else, the link to the group’s website is:
http://phasmida.myspecies.info/
All the best,
Nigel