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This
incredibly spiky animal is a female stick insect of
a species which does not have a common name but
whose scientific name is
Spinohirasea bengalensis, which I'm sure
you'll agree is a bit of a mouthful! This
species originates from Vietnam in southeast Asia
but my animals are all captive bred and most have
been bred and hatched in my own collection!



The males of this species
are much smaller than the females as you can see
below, with the tiny male sitting on top of the
female!

The eggs or ova of this
species are amongst the roundest of all the stick
insects, and as you can see below they look a little
bit like tiny dried oranges!


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