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Phasmatodea

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Phyllium bilobatum

• ... that ghost insects (sample pictured) may camouflage as leaves swaying in the breeze?

• Reviewed: Province of Zamora
• Comment: Halloween? (possibly more spooky without picture)

Improved to Good Article status by Chiswick Chap (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). Nominated by Oceanh (talk) at 21:51, 22 October 2015 (UTC).

• C&Px5 Great job, Oceanh and Chiswick Chap! This article is absolutely brilliant! LavaBaron (talk) 09:14, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

• A check of the online sources reveals a very good job of avoiding close paraphrasing, except in this line:
• Source: Females of Heteropteryx dilatata are the heaviest known Phasmids, possibly weighing in excess of 65 grams.
• Article: Females of the species Heteropteryx dilatata are the heaviest known phasmids, possibly weighing in excess of 65 grams.
• Also, the link for footnote 1 appears to have been removed from the site. Yoninah (talk) 22:56, 27 October 2015 (UTC)