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Prickly Stick-insect

Acanthoxyla geisovii

160Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
5Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb5
Mar2
Apr4
May2
Jun5
Jul10
Aug43
Sep24
Oct32
Nov10
Dec1

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isles of Scilly England64
2Cornwall England42
3Torbay England31
4Devon England19
5Plymouth England4
160 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 5 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
160
Peak month
August
Counties with records
5
Scientific name
Acanthoxyla geisovii
Group
Other insects
NBN Atlas records since 2000
153
Most recorded in
Isles of Scilly
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Phasmida
Family
Phasmatidae
Genus
Acanthoxyla
Name with authority
Acanthoxyla geisovii (Kaup, 1866)
Described
1866

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10398703 · GBIF 1412626