New Guinea Giant Spiny stick insect

Huge, chunky and fab. These giants are from the forests of New Guinea.

Unlike our other stick insects these stickies are ground dwelling. They hang out under leaves, fallen bark and stones. They only climb to eat and to moult. While they are young they show lots of different colour variations, usually various shades of brown and green to resemble moss.

The males have large spurs on their hind legs which can inflict some pain if you were caught by them.