![Mating pair of [Clitarchus hookeri] from the Coromandel. The male is the smaller of the two. Image: Kathy Hill & David Marshall](/assets/Discover-Our-Research/Biodiversity/Plants-fungi-arthropods-bacteria/Invertebrate-Systematics/stick-insects/Clitarchus_mating__FitMaxWzg3Miw1NDVd.jpg)
Mating pair of Clitarchus hookeri from the Coromandel. The male is the smaller of the two. Image: Kathy Hill & David Marshall
- Pūtoi
- Order
- Phasmatodea
- Whānau
- Family
- Phasmatidae
Te Rahi
- He pepeke tino roa, neke atu i te 75 mm te roa.
Size range
- Very long insects, more than 75 mm long
Te Tītaringa
- Nō Aotearoa.
Distribution
- New Zealand native
Te Huringa Ora
- Kitea ai i ngā rākau, i ngā mauwha; ka tino kitea i te mānuka me te kānuka. He kiri hunahuna tōna – me uaua ka kitea.
- Kai ai i ngā rau rākau.
Life history
- Found in trees and shrubs, especially teatree, well camouflaged
- Feed on the leaves of trees and shrubs
![A female [Clitarchus] well-camouflaged on a manuka tunk in the Rimutaka Ranges. Image: T. Buckley Image](/assets/Discover-Our-Research/Biodiversity/Plants-fungi-arthropods-bacteria/Invertebrate-Systematics/stick-insects/Clitarchus_female__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpg)
![Mating pair of [Clitarchus hookeri] from the Coromandel. The male is the smaller of the two. Image: Kathy Hill & David Marshall Image](/assets/Discover-Our-Research/Biodiversity/Plants-fungi-arthropods-bacteria/Invertebrate-Systematics/stick-insects/Clitarchus_mating__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpg)
![A [Clitarchus hookeri] egg from Wellington. Image: B. Rhode Image](/assets/Discover-Our-Research/Biodiversity/Plants-fungi-arthropods-bacteria/Invertebrate-Systematics/stick-insects/Clitarchus_hookeri_egg__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpg)