About Didymuria violescens (Leach, 1814)
Didymuria violescens, commonly called the spur-legged phasmid, violet-winged stick insect, or violet-winged phasma, is a common phasmid native to Australia. Only males of this species have distinct spurs, located on their thicker hind legs, which gives the insect its spur-legged common name. This stick insect species feeds on Eucalyptus (gum) leaves. Females lay a very large number of eggs, because individual eggs have a low chance of hatching successfully. Unfertilized eggs produced by females can still develop and hatch into young, and all offspring from unfertilized eggs are female; this reproductive method is called parthenogenesis. Newly hatched young of this species are called nymphs, and they remain nymphs until their final molt, which occurs between the 5th and 7th molt.
