New Zealand female-only stick insect produces 'rogue' male in UK

The specimen, which was discovered by an insect enthusiast in Cornwall, could mean the animal is ready to start having sexA species of New Zealand stick insect that was thought to produce only females has hatched a rogue male in the UK countryside - and scientists say the rare event could mean the animal is ready to start having sex.Scientists at Massey University in New Zealand said they were "disbelieving" when colleagues in the UK reported they had found a male of the Acanthoxyla inermis stick insect, as the species has only ever been known to produce females. Continue reading...