When the wings are rapidly opened, the flash of color may startle a predator long enough for the male walkingstick to escape. There is no courtship between male and female Australian walkingsticks. The male is attracted by the female's scent. Once a female is located, he crawls onto her back, bends his abdomen around and mates with her. Sperm is transferred in a packet called the spermatophore.
Eggs are gray and tan in color.
A female can lay up to 1,000 eggs in her lifetime. Males do not have to be present for females to reproduce. If males are present and the female mates, eggs hatch within a few months. Parthenogenic eggs take longer to develop. It takes approximately three to four months for a nymph to reach adult stage.