Unarmed Stick Insect
The ‘unarmed stick insect’ is the commonest species accounting for about two thirds of all records. It was first identified at a garden nursery in Truro, Cornwall, in the 1920s where it was shipped from New Zealand on the plants which were destined for the large gardens of Cornwall and Ireland. This stick insect is now found across Cornwall (including the Isles of Scilly), in Plymouth (Devon) and in south west Ireland. In Cornwall the best spots remain around Truro and in the well established gardens around Falmouth and the River Helford
Location: Cornwall
Photographer: B Williams