About Walking Sticks

These insects are widespread and numerous in the wild.

About walking sticks.

I only eat leaves and stems of plants and usually only eat at night. 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. I look like a twig and part of the plant i am on so i can hide from birds and other predators.

Walking sticks inhabit forests and grasslands and spend their life on the bushes and small trees. My specialty is camouflage. 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. Depending on the species.

I am usually found on bushes or in small trees. These amazing bugs are hard to spot because they look so much like twigs until those twigs get up and walk away that is. Walking sticks or stick insects are a group of highly camouflaged insects. Thanks to unusual morphology walking sticks are popular in the industry of exotic pets.

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. A walking stick or walking cane is a device used primarily to aid walking provide postural stability or support or assist in maintaining a good posture but some designs also serve as a fashion accessory or are used for self defense. They escape predation by blending into plant material. Walking sticks come in many shapes and sizes and some have become collector s items people with disabilities may use some kinds of walking sticks as a crutch.