A mysterious wingless insect has been discovered in the Philippines recently. The spectacularly
colored insect is said to live on the ground and vents a foul smell to drive
away predators according to the scientists who found the insect.
Marco Gottardo, a PhD student in the University of Siena said that his colleague Oskar Conle, an entomologist showed him museum specimens of a mysterious-looking stick insect. The specimen is said to have been found on Mindoro’s Mount Halcon several years back.
The stick insect has been given its own genus. Gottardo said, little
is known whether the insect is related to other stick and leaf insects.
Photo: Oskar Conle
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