About Walking Sticks Insects

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.
About walking sticks insects. These amazing bugs are hard to spot because they look so much like twigs until those twigs get up and walk away that is. Depending on the species. Walking sticks or stick insects are a group of highly camouflaged insects. The walking stick is the longest of all the modern insects with a documented specimen from borneo for example measuring more than 18 inches in length.
Stick insect species often called walking sticks range in size from the tiny half inch long timema cristinae of north america to the formidable 13 inch long phobaeticus kirbyi of borneo. 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. Walking stick bugs from the phasmida family look like sticks with legs and antennae or twigs attached to a small branch. They escape predation by blending into plant material.
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.