Recently, a pet stick insect was identified in the United Kingdom with half male and half female – known as a gynandromorph.
- A green bean stick insect, named Charlie, showed its true colours after it shed its skin at home in Suffolk to reveal the bright green body of a female and brown wings of a male.
- Experts at the Natural History Museum confirmed it was the “first reported gynandromorph” in that species.
About green bean stick insect
- Diapherodes gigantea is commonly known as the giant lime green stick insect or green bean stick insect.
- The species is native to three Caribbean islands – St Vincent, Grenada and St Lucia.
- In the wild they feed on the leaves of plants and trees in rainforest areas.
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