What is Titan stick insect?
{{Taxobox | image = 2nd last instar of Titan stick insect.JPG | image_caption = A titan stick insect | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Phasmatodea]] | familia = [[Phasmatidae]] | subfamilia = [[Phasmatinae]] | genus = ''[[Acrophylla]]'' | species = '''''A. titan''''' | binomial = ''Acrophylla titan'' | binomial_authority = [[William Sharp Macleay|Macleay]], 1827 }} The '''Titan stick insect''' is one of the largest [[stick insect]]s in [[Australia]].<ref name=oz>{{cite web |url= http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Titan-Stick-Insect/Acrophylla/titan.html |title=Titan Stick Insect (Acrophylla titan) |work=ozanimals.com |year=2011 |accessdate=30 January 2011}}</ref> The scientific name is '''''Acrophylla titan'''''. It has a brown body with spikes on its neck. The Titan stick insect can reach up to {{convert|27|cm|in}} in length.<ref name=oz/> It takes the form of a stick as a [[wikt:disguise|disguise]] to [[predators]]. The Titan stick insect can be found in two states of Australia; [[Queensland]] and [[New South Wales]]. The Titan Stick insect reproduces through sexual reproduction and lay eggs that hatch. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q481994}} [[Category:Phasmids]] [[Category:Animals of Australia]] {{biology-stub}}