Chondrosthetus
woodfordi
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Name latin Chondrosthetus woodfordi
PSG-Number 186
Systematics Super-Order Dictyoptera
Order Phasmatodea
Family Phasmatidae
Subfamily Lonchodinae
First Description Author KIRBY
Year 1896
Size

Quotation of Size

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

Male ca. 6cm
Female ca. 9cm
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 larvae: ca. 4 months / ~ 7 moltings
Female larvae: ca. 5 months / ~ 9 moltings
Sexing

Sexing

Morphologically differences between male and female.

Male L5/L6 and above: thinner than females, end of the abdomen thickened
adult: darkgreen body, head and end of the abdomen lightbrown, very thin body
Female L5/L6 and above: more compact than males, no swelling at the abdomen
adult: essentually more compact than males, darkgreen till brown, often with muster, 2 big thorns on the 5. abdominal- segment (light- and darkgreen resp. light- and darkbrown striped)
green version: many appendages, more clear muster than the brown one
Spreading Solomon Islands
Australia
Australia
Habitat fern, roses and blackberry
Aggressiveness none
Colorvariants green to brown, green ones with muster

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