Acrophylla wuelfingi
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| Acrophylla wuelfingi | |
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| Male specimen of Acrophylla wuelfingi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Phasmatidae |
| Genus: | Acrophylla |
| Species: | A. wuelfingi |
| Binomial name | |
| Acrophylla wuelfingi Redtenbacher, 1908 | |
Acrophylla wuelfingi, also commonly known as the giant northern stick insect or Wülfing's stick-insect,[1] is a species of stick insect belonging to the taxonomic tribe Phasmatini. They live in the northern east-coast regions of Queensland, Australia.
They are only found in Queensland, Australia in the far northern parts of their east coast. They live in forest habitats of a variety of types including rainforest, eucalypt bushland, She-oak woodlands (specifically of Allocasuarina species) etc. They can also be regularly found in suburban gardens.[2]