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One of Earth’s biggest insects was hiding in plain sight

DNA analysis helps to resolve two cases of mistaken identity among Madagascan stick insects.
A blue stick insect Achrioptera manga

The electric-blue males of the stick insect Achrioptera manga were previously ascribed to another species. Credit: F. Glaw et al./Front. Ecol. Evol.

Most stick insects look like nondescript twigs, but two newly identified species could have come straight out of a psychedelic painting.

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Nature 568, 437 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01215-5

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