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The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida or Phasmatoptera) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick bugs, walkingsticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred to as Devil's darning needles , although this name is shared by both dragonflies and crane flies. [ 1 ]
Ctenomorpha gargantua, the gargantuan stick insect, is a species of stick insect that is endemic to rainforests in northeastern Queensland, Australia. [2] It is Australia's longest stick insect and among the world's longest stick insects, with females having been confirmed at up to 56.5 cm (22.2 in) in total length, including extended legs and cerci (protrusions from the end of their body ...
A pair of mating D. femorata in the Hudson Highlands region of New York. The common walkingstick is a slender, elongated insect that camouflages itself by resembling a twig. . The sexes differ, with the male usually being brown and about 75 mm (3 in) in length while the female is greenish-brown, and rather larger at 95 mm (3.7 i
The eggs of many stick insects, including Timema, are attractive to ants, who carry them away to their burrows to feed on the egg's capitulum, while leaving the rest of the egg intact to hatch. [13] [14] The emerging nymph passes through six or seven instars before reaching adulthood. [14]
Acanthoxyla inermis (the unarmed stick insect) is an insect that was described by John Salmon in 1955. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Acanthoxyla inermis is included in the genus Acanthoxyla , and family Phasmatidae .
Dryococelus australis, also known as the Lord Howe Island stick insect, Lord Howe Island phasmid or, locally, as the tree lobster, [2] is a species of stick insect that lives in the Lord Howe Island Group. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Dryococelus. Thought to be extinct by 1920, it was rediscovered in 2001. [3]
Other members resemble sticks or twigs and are called stick insects. Pages in category "Phylliidae" ... This page was last edited on 31 August 2023, at 22:08 (UTC).
Achrioptera fallax is a stick insect species found in Madagascar. It has frequently been confused with A. manga , a species that only was scientifically described in 2019; for example, captive stock of " A. fallax " is generally A. manga .