Papua New Guinean Wood Eurycantha Coriacea

Thorny orange stick insect stands to attention with all limbs outstretched.

This eurycantha coriacea is from Papua New Guinea, and is contemporary. It is wood & glass. Specimens are generally preserved with care and arranged in a natural, pleasing way, then framed and floated behind glass so details such as delicate antennae can be appreciated as natural art. Slender, spiny insect in a warm orange-brown, its jointed abdomen tapering to a curved tip. Thin legs bend at sharp angles to either side, with long antennae curling up from the head, in a tall black frame. It is 7 inches wide, 2 deep and 9.5 high.

Spiky, straight-backed, and not remotely afraid of attention.