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minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·21 days agoBecause it’s a leaf insect not a stick insect. So the stick name is inappropriate.
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·21 days agoAh, thank you. I assume that’s in the blurriness I decided not to read.
minus-squaremanucode@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·21 days agoIt is actually in the first sentence of the last paragraph of blurriness though I could only make this out after reading the comment above about stick vs leaf insects.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 days agoIt is. The first couple paragraphs are more legible.
minus-squareVerqix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·21 days agoStickenborough is not a stick insect, they’re a leaf insect, so would be called Leafenborough
Why rename?
Because it’s a leaf insect not a stick insect. So the stick name is inappropriate.
Ah, thank you. I assume that’s in the blurriness I decided not to read.
It is actually in the first sentence of the last paragraph of blurriness though I could only make this out after reading the comment above about stick vs leaf insects.
It is. The first couple paragraphs are more legible.
Stickenborough is not a stick insect, they’re a leaf insect, so would be called Leafenborough