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Blends in with it's surroundings, and it looks like a regular twig. Mind you, in my 4th grade year my friend Alexia picked a walking stick to throw at someone, but I realized it was moving! SHe dropped it and screamed, and it stood still. 60% chance it will get away.
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∙ 12y agoThe simplest answer that anyone can understand would be that they look like sticks. That is the way they protect themselves. So their bodies are designed to look like and blend in with sticks or twigs around them. :) I hope this answer helped
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∙ 12y agoThe walking stick looks like a green stick so it can sit in any plant live and not be noticed.
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∙ 13y agoit turns the color of the trees or branches that it is usually close to
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∙ 15y agoa walking stick besides camo it also actes likr a stick
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∙ 11y agoBy their coloring
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∙ 13y agoby biting on predators
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How do walking sticks insects camouflage themselves?
It seems that stick insects do not camouflage themselves; they are born that way, i.e. looking like sticks!
How did the walking-stick insect get its name?
The name is descriptive. Walking-stick insects have evolved a shape that resembles a stick or small branch on a tree. They camouflage themselves by holding very still so they blend in with the surrounding branches on a tree.
Are walking sticks rare?
The number of stick insects is very low when comparing with other insects, such as grasshoppers, which live in similar habitat. Though it seems that nothing stop the grow of the population of stick insects, walking sticks are rare. Being rare is another survival factors of stick insects. The predators cannot depend on stick insects as a constant food source and have less chance to learn how to recognize the stick insects. Being rare could be considered a way of camouflage.
What is a stick insects defence?
to avoid any preditors stick insects use there cyan Cece of camouflage
Is the walking stick a type of bamboo?
no, stick insects aren't plants at all. Stick insects are bugs, bamboo is a plant. There is a type of bamboo, called walking stick bamboo, also.
Is it common for walking stick insects to be in your house?
no
How do insects camouflage?
insects camouflage in many different ways. one way is with coloring, like the grasshopper, most grasshoppers that you see are green or tan to blend in with their environment. other bugs like the "stick bug" have a specialized body shape to camouflage, in this case, the shape of a stick.
What are stick insects known as?
Stick insects, also know by the more formal name Phasmatodea, or more commonly known as walking sticks or ghost bugs. These bugs use both natural camouflage to evade predators, but can also shed and regenerate a limb if necessary to evade capture.
Are both walking stick and beetle insects or arthropods?
Both walking sticks and beetles are both insects and arthropods, as all insects are arthropods.
Do walking stick insects migrate?
The majority of walking stick-type insects do not migrate. The majority, instead, hibernate during colder seasons. They also have a short lifespan,
Is a walking stick insect a vertebrate or invertebrate?
No definetely not, stick insects belong to the insect world
Are stick insects called walking sticks?
They are called stick insect that's all!!
