Status Feb 2023
1,118 Observations of 17 taxa by 659 observers
2050 identifications by 191 identifiers
- 544 Research Grade (48%)
- 275 ID only as Stick Insect - Phasmidae (25%) (help put these to family or genus level)
- 77 ID to Family level (7%) [27 Bacillidae, 14 Phasmatidae, 9 Diapheromeridae]
- 120 to Generic level (11%) [54 Bactrododema, 9 Phalces, 4 Macynia]
- 104 to species level (9%) (help by agreeing to these if you are able)
Top Recorded Species:
There are about 50 species in South Africa, and we have recorded 16 identified to species so far.
296 Phalces brevis Cape Stick Insect
143 Macynia labiata Thunberg's Stick Insect
57 Carausius morosus Indian Walking Stick
44 Sipyloidea sipylus Pinkwing Stick Insect
39 Bactrododema tiaratum Tiara Giant Stick Insect
19 Bactricia bituberculata Twohorn Giant Stick Insect
14 Family Phasmatidae no finer IDs for this family!!
12 Bactrododema haworthii Short Horn Giant Stick Insect
7 Maransis rufolineatus Common Grass Stick Insect
6 Phalces tuberculatus Namaqualand Stick Insect
6 Bactrododema krugeri Long Horn Giant Stick Insect
6 Zehntneria mystica Mystic Stick Insect
4 Gratidiinilobus capensis
2 Xylica tomsi
2 Maransis trilineatus
2 Xylica oedematosa
1 Clonaria capemontana
Top observers (10 or more observations)
1 tonyrebelo 36
2 suncana 18
3 sallyslak 16
4 nicky 16
5 bushboy 14
6 colin25 12
7 hhodgson 11
8 karooicus 10
Top species recorders (more than 2 species)
4 spp: nicky
3 spp:
2 hhodgson
3 bloempje
4 felix_riegel
5 koosretief
6 celmari
7 ryanmtippett
8 botaneek
9 qgrobler
Top identifiers (>25 IDs)
1 martin_villet 645
2 rjpretor 411
3 beetledude 232
4 colin25 93
5 traianbertau 93
6 tonyrebelo 66
7 pablo_valero 47
8 alexdreyer 30
9 pengyuan_ji 29
10 dianastuder 26