I am usually found on bushes or in small trees.
About walking sticks.
Thanks to unusual morphology walking sticks are popular in the industry of exotic pets.
Depending on the species.
These amazing bugs are hard to spot because they look so much like twigs until those twigs get up and walk away that is.
I look like a twig and part of the plant i am on so i can hide from birds and other predators.
My specialty is camouflage.
They escape predation by blending into plant material.
These insects are widespread and numerous in the wild.
As their name suggests they look just like sticks and may even sway back and forth to more closely resemble a twig moving in the wind.
Stick insects are part of the order phasmatodea also known as phasmids and walking sticks and are most often found in subtropical tropical habitats when you can find them that is.
My size ranges from less than 1 inch to over 1 foot in length depending on my species.
Walking sticks are diverse group of insects that can be found in tropical and subtropical parts of the world only few species live in temperate areas.
Walking sticks or stick insects are a group of highly camouflaged insects.
There are more than 3 000 species of walking stick bugs all over the world and in diverse climates so it s not surprising that not all walking stick bugs look alike.
Walking sticks inhabit forests and grasslands and spend their life on the bushes and small trees.
Walking stick bugs from the phasmida family look like sticks with legs and antennae or twigs attached to a small branch.
What i look like.