Oreophoetes
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Name latin Oreophoetes peruana
english Peruvian Fern Stick Insect
PSG-Number 84
Systematics Super-Order Dictyoptera
Order Phasmatodea
Family Diapheromeridae
Subfamily Diapheromerinae
Tribe Oreophoetini
First Description Author Oreophoetini
Year 1868
Size

Quotation of Size

The given size is measured from the head to the end of the abdomen, without the wings.

Male ca. 7cm
Female ca. 8cm
Lifespan

Quotation of the Lifespan

The lifespan is given in month and has the following definition:

overall-age ("time between hatching and imago" + "lifespan after the last molting")

Example: 9 (2 + 7) month lifespan
overall-age = 9 month
time between hatching and imago = 2 month
lifespan after the last molting = 7 month

Male ca. 8 (4 + 4) months / ~ 6 moltings
Female ca. 9 (4 + 5) months / ~ 7 moltings
Sexing

Sexing

Morphologically differences between male and female.

Male L3 and above: the end of the abdomen thickened
adult: very slim, red body with black stripes, black legs, red joints, abdomen- end red
Female adult: like nymphs, grey/ black body with white stripes, black legs, yellow joints, abdomen- end yellow
Spreading Peru, Ecuador
Southamerica
Southamerica
Habitat mountain forest
Aggressiveness none
Colorvariants adult females yellow or orange (joints etc.),
the colour- attribute is hereditary (yellow adult female --> yellow progeny)
Hint In case of danger, they secrete a white, smelly fluid.

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