What are facts about stick insects?

Answer 1

There are many interesting facts about stick insects. Here are just a few:

• "Stick Insect" is the common name for the family lol Phasmatodea. They are also known by many other names, such as, Walking Sticks (in the USA), Ghost Insects and Leaf Insects.
• There are over 3,000 species that have been discovered and documented so far and they can be found all over the world, although the majority reside in the topics. Even though 3,000 have already been discovered there are thousands more waiting to be classified in both the wild and museums and many more that humans have never even set eyes on.
• Stick Insects are extremely good at blending it to forest backgrounds. They are well known as looking like sticks and branches that are found on the trees around them, but they do not only mimic sticks. Many species resemble bark and leaves, sometimes so realistically that they can hardly been seen by the naked eye. Some species even resemble Lichen.
• Some species are now considered endangered, but there is on species in Australia that is causing quite a stir. The Lord Howe Island Stick Insect was thought to be completely extinct in the wild, until a few years ago it was rediscovered on a rock, known as Ball's Pyramid. There is a large programme that is trying to boost the numbers in captivity, and they hope to increase numbers in the wild too.
• Although sender in appearance, females of the order Heteropteryx Dilatata can weigh up to 65g, although when bred in captivity they generally don't exceed 50g.
• The best known stick insects are the Indian Stick Insect (also known as the Laboratory Stick Insect). These can grow to around 10cm (4 inches). They are known to reproduce parthenogenically, a word that means an unfertilized egg is capable of hatching into a new individual. Males of this species are unrecorded, although gynandromorphs are quite common. Gynandromorph meaning having both male and female parts.
• The word Phasmida (the order to which Stick insects belong) is derived from a Greek word meaning "apparition" and refers to the way in which they can camouflage so well they are hardly seen.
• Stick Insects can range from 1.16cm to 32.8cm (0.46 inches to 12.9 inches) depending on the species.
• The eggs of Stick insects are among the largest in the insect kingdom, with some reaching over eight millimetres long.

  There are many interesting facts about stick insects. Here are just a few:

• "Stick Insect" is the common name for the family Phasmatodea. They are also known by many other names, such as, Walking Sticks (in the USA), Ghost Insects and Leaf Insects.
• There are over 3,000 species that have been discovered and documented so far and they can be found all over the world, although the majority reside in the topics. Even though 3,000 have already been discovered there are thousands more waiting to be classified in both the wild and museums and many more that humans have never even set eyes on.
• Stick Insects are extremely good at blending it to forest backgrounds. They are well known as looking like sticks and branches that are found on the trees around them, but they do not only mimic sticks. Many species resemble bark and leaves, sometimes so realistically that they can hardly been seen by the naked eye. Some species even resemble Lichen.
• Some species are now considered endangered, but there is on species in Australia that is causing quite a stir. The Lord Howe Island Stick Insect was thought to be completely extinct in the wild, until a few years ago it was rediscovered on a rock, known as Ball's Pyramid. There is a large programme that is trying to boost the numbers in captivity, and they hope to increase numbers in the wild too.
• Although sender in appearance, females of the order Heteropteryx Dilatata can weigh up to 65g, although when bred in captivity they generally don't exceed 50g.
• The best known stick insects are the Indian Stick Insect (also known as the Laboratory Stick Insect). These can grow to around 10cm (4 inches). They are known to reproduce parthenogenically, a word that means an unfertilized egg is capable of hatching into a new individual. Males of this species are unrecorded, although gynandromorphs are quite common. Gynandromorph meaning having both male and female parts.
• The word Phasmida (the order to which Stick insects belong) is derived from a Greek word meaning "apparition" and refers to the way in which they can camouflage so well they are hardly seen.
• Stick Insects can range from 1.16cm to 32.8cm (0.46 inches to 12.9 inches) depending on the species.
• The eggs of Stick insects are among the largest in the insect kingdom, with some reaching over eight millimetres long.

The largest stick insect is 193mm long.

Answer 2

a stick insect fools a predetor by staying still to look like a stick