Pete Oxford / Australian Walking Stick (Extatosoma tiaratum) harmless, Australia

Juan Carlos Munoz / Maclay's stick insect (Extatosoma tiaratum) camouflaged in dead leaves. Captive.

Juergen Freund / Spiny leaf insect (Extatosoma tiaratum) female, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Spiny leaf insect (Extatosoma tiaratum), Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Spiny leaf insect (Extatosoma tiaratum) female, endemic to Australia, Queensland, Australia.

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Giant prickly stick insect (Extatosoma tiaratum), Queensland, Australia. meetyourneighbours.net project

John Abbott / Macleay's Spectre (Extatosoma tiaratum) captive at the University of Texas.

Chris Mattison / Macleay's spectre stick insect (Extatosoma tiaratum), captive, occurs Australasia

Chris Mattison / Macleay's spectre stick insect (Extatosoma tiaratum), captive, occurs Australasia

Patricio Robles Gil / Australian Walking Stick (Extatosoma tiaratum), Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Macleay's spectre or Giant Prickly Stick Insect (Extatosoma tiaratum) with shed exoskeleton on leaves, originates from Australia.

Gerry Ellis / Australian Walking stick (Extaosoma tiaratum) tropical Queensland, Australia

Bruce Thomson / Spiny leaf insect (Extatosoma tiaratrum) female camouflaged on leaf, large phasmid found in Eucalypt (Myrtaceae) trees, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Spiny leaf insect (Extatosoma tiaratum) pair mating. Far North Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Spiny leaf insect (Extatosoma tiaratum) pair mating. Far North Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Spiny leaf insect (Extatosoma tiaratum) on hand. Far North Queensland, Australia.