Some Stick Insects can change their color and other can't but they blend in really good they do that to protect them selves from preditors they are also kept as pet alot and can get up to as long as a 1 foot (12")
A stick insect is camouflaged by colour and shape to look like a twig when stationary on the branches of a bush.
By blending in with its surroundings. With camouflage to make itself look like a stick.
Praying mantids are masters of camouflage like stick insects, so you may have mistaken it for a stick insect. Mantids are carnivorous and will eat other insects.
A stick worm insect is an invertebrate creature that belongs to the phylum Arthropoda and the class Insecta. It is known for its long, slender body that resembles a stick, helping it to camouflage and blend in with its surroundings.
chameleon, stick insect, zebras, snakes, all different types of species:D
because of its stick shape and color, it blends into sticks, branches, wood, and bark in the nature. this is called camouflage
Yes it does because the stick insect looks like a branch in a tree or on the ground.If an animal spots it,it uses that camoflage to make it look like a branch and that animal walks away and forgets all about it.
Some examples of bugs that look like rocks include the moss mimic stick insect, the giant prickly stick insect, and the thorny devil stick insect. These insects have evolved to resemble rocks or twigs as a form of camouflage to protect themselves from predators.
Many stick insect species are thin, but that doesn't mean they are anorexic - their thin, twig-like bodies serve as camouflage against predators.
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.
Because it looks like a stick!
My stick insect is an Indian Stick insect