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Clitarchus rakauwhakanekeneke is a stick insect that belongs the genus Clitarchus. This genus may be the most common stick insect throughout New Zealand. Found on kanuka and manuka trees, they can be green, various shades of brown, and even red.

Description
Clitarchus Rakauwhakanekeneke is a medium-sized, moderately robust and apeterous stick insect with a green to mottled brown and grey body. It has tubercles more common on its dorsal side. This stick insect is restricted to the Poor Knights Islands, some 22 kilometers from the eastern coast of Northland. It has been collected from two of the main islands Tawhiti Rahi and Aorangi. This possible endemic species was first noted by Watt (1982) where it was referred to as Glitarchus Hookerd.

Its official name Rakauwhakanekeneke means "the stick that moves", chosen by the Ngatiwai people of Northland who are regarded as the guardians of the Poor Knights Islands. The survival of the species seems to be assured by the absence of wasp and mammalian predators, and the abundance of host plants on the islands.