S&P’s wildlife spotlight: stick insect (Niveaphasma annulata)

We’ve always been fascinated by these amazing insects - that really do so convincingly resemble sticks! But, since moving to our new home in 2020 - where there happens to be a healthy population of a particular species (Niveaphasma annulata) - our interest in them has grown even more! Niveaphasma annulata is a relatively common species of stick insect in the southern half of the south island of New Zealand. While Niveaphasma is the smaller of the stick insect species in NZ, they…