Bacillus Atticus
''Bacillus atticus atticus'' is a species of Phasmatodea#Taxonomy, phasmid or "walking stick" with recorded specimens in Greece, Italy, Croatia and Israel. In Cyprus, the endemic subspecies ''Bacillus atticus cyprius'' is present. Both can often be found climbing on plants Description Adults have a slim body about 80 mm long, with a stripe on each side. Their antennae are red and short. The forelegs are strong, around 50 mm long, painted red at their base. Behaviour ''Bacillus atticus atticus'' is mostly active at night, when it feeds. The usual foods of this species are plants such as ivy and lettuce. During the day, the animal stays absolutely still, camouflaged as a stick, matching the color of the plant that it's on. If disturbed, its main defense is to Apparent death, feign death. Like many phasmids it is Parthenogenesis, parthenogenetic so it can reproduce on its own by laying Egg (biology), eggs. The eggs are ovoid-shaped with some distinguishable glyphic ...
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Carl Brunner Von Wattenwyl
Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl (13 June 1823, Bern – 24 August 1914, Kirchdorf) was a Swiss entomologist who specialised in Orthoptera, and a botanist. Von Wattenwyl was a postmaster. He described many new taxa of Orthoptera. His collection is conserved in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, the Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern (Natural History Museum of Bern), Bern, Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden, Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt A.M. anBiozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum Hamburg. Works * With Leonardo Fea Révision du système des orthoptères et description des espèces rapportées) Genova, Tip. del R. Istituto sordo-muti (1893) References *Anonym 1915 runner von Wattenwyl, C.'' Ent. Rec. J. Var''. 27 *Bolivar, I. 1915 runner von Wattenwyl, C. ''Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat''. 15 *Burr, M. 1900 runner von Wattenwyl, C.'' Ent. Rec. J. Var''. 12 *Kaltenbach, A. P. 2003. "Die Orthopterensammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien u ...
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