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Epidares
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Epidares

Epidares nolimetangere, the touch-me-not stick insect, is an insect species from the order of the Phasmatodea and the only representative of the genus Epidares. The species name nolimetangere (originally: noli-me-tangere) comes from Latin and means "don't touch me". It refers to the prickly appearance of the animals.

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Touch-Me-Not Stick Insect

speciesEpidares nolimetangere

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 532718.