0
Stick Insects
Just as the name implies, they look like a stick, with legs. Entomologists are still working on grouping these animals. Many newly discovered species have not been formally described but there are about 3,000 species classified and the list is growing.
548 Questions
What weather do stick insects prefer?
Depends on the species and what you mean by cold but as a general rule they cant survive long peroids of cold weather.
I keep many different types of stick insect and would not let the temp drop below 15c for long periods of time.
I try to keep them at 20c-25c.
The majority of walking stick-type insects do not migrate. The majority, instead, hibernate during colder seasons. They also have a short lifespan,
June bugs are not really considered lucky. They are considered pests by most because they like to eat shrubs and plants.
How much can a walking stick weigh?
Walking sticks come in several lengths, depending on the persons height. The handle reaching to just a couple of inches below the waist is about right. If the stick is too short, the user will have to lean down, which is not good for the persons posture.
What is a walking stick's real name?
Phasmatodea
it depends on what tipe the moast commen is a varies
Do stick insects die after laying eggs?
In order to camouflage them from predators, walking sticks tend to lay their eggs on the bottom of leaves or stems. They also lay them one by one so that they resemble tiny seeds instead of putting them in one large pile.
What time of year do stick insects come out?
Actually, stick insects will mate at any time of year. Stick insects often live in warm and tropical places where there is no such thing as "winter" or "autumn". The weather is usually stable and stays the same all year round, so stick insects will mate at any time once they have reached adulthood and found a mate.
What people think about stick insect and would they like one for a pet?
Not really unless you put a net over the plant.
here's some info though you could use
Food: Leaves and if you check my link below it tells you what leaves to feed it
Home: On a plant will do great
Flying, long-legged, tiny insects are what gnats look like. The insects in question (Diptera order) may be compared to super-tiny dark specks. They possess wings even though they are known as weak fliers in the insect world.
How many eggs can stick insects lay?
Indian laboratory stick insects lay up to 200 eggs. They do not need any surface to lay them on they will just drop them. They take up to 3 months to hatch. It is very likely that some will have to be crushed because they will all hatch and there will be too many to be kept by 1 person. If you plan on selling them they will sell cheapest at 10p.
How do you tell if a stick insect a boy or girl?
The female stick insects can either glide or not fly at all and the females tail has a more oval shape to it.
The males can fly away so it is not advertised to take it outside, the males tail has a bump on its tail.
That is really three questions in one. It could mean which insect has the most venomous sting, which insect has the most dangerous venom but does not sting, or which insect causes the highest mortality rate.
Firstly the most venomous sting insect. In the USA alone 23 people a year die from bee and wasp stings. Usually an insect's sting is quite harmless for humans and only a slight skin reaction occurs, but a few people suffer very severe reactions. When stung, a few people can go into anaphylactic shock and experience difficulty breathing, difficulty in swallowing, a sharp fall in blood pressure, collapse, unconsciousness and even death.
The most dangerous insect in this category is the honey bee, and accounts for as many human deaths as all the species of snake cause put together. However, nearly all of the deaths caused by these insects are due to allergic reactions and not to the venom itself.
The insect that has the most potent venom belongs to the ants in the Pogonomyrmex genus. This tiny little insect can kill a 2kg mammal (such as a rat or a rabbit) with only twelve stings. These ants could kill a human with between 350 to 450 stings, without an allergic reaction taking place. To put this in perspective, to get the same reaction from a honey bee, it would take well over 10,000 stings.
Now for the most venomous insect that does can not sting. These are only dangerous in they are ingested or touched. There are a few caterpillars in this category and two groups of beetle, but the most venomous is the Blister Beetle. There are around 2000 species of blister beetle worldwide, and when they occur in large numbers they can cause a large problem for livestock. The Blister Beetle produces a toxin called Cantharidin, a chemical that cause blistering on the skin and if eaten also inside the intestine tissue. These beetles live in grass and hay, the natural food source for many animals and when they are eaten by these grazers, it can cause them serious harm. A cow or horse need only eat 10 or so beetles accidentally to become seriously ill, and this is likely to kill the animal.
However, the Blister Beetle might be the most toxic, but it is not the insect that causes the most deaths. This title belongs to the Mosquito, but how does it kill with out venom or poison? The Mosquito carries many potentially dangerous diseases and as the move from one person, or animal, to another, they infect the new host with these diseases. The Mosquito with the most infamous reputation is that of the Anopheles genus. In Africa alone this tiny insect kills one child under the age of five every thirty seconds. That totals around 3000 every day and nearly one and half million in a single year. The mosquito is also known for transmitting malaria and this claims the lives of around one to three million people every year. Even if a person survives the first stages of malaria, it is a disease that they will have to battle for the rest of their lives, and will most probably result in death years after the first infection. It is commonly agreed that malaria is one of the top killers in the world, and the main cause of infection results from the tiny mosquito.
So the insect with the most venomous sting is the Honey Bee, the insect with the most toxic venom is the Blister Beetle, although this is only dangerous if eaten, but the insect that causes the most deaths is the common Mosquito.
Just a small edit if talking about the most venomous insect that does not sting, instead of saying the blister beetle I would say the genus Lonomia would be the winner which are a group of moths located in South America, however it is not the fully grown adult moth that is being brought into question but the caterpillar instead. While the LD50 for them has not been tested it is predicted to have the lowest LD50 among all natural Toxins.
What are names of the stages that a fruit fly goes through when maturing from a fertilized egg?
The fruit fly has four stages to its life cycle. These are egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The egg will hatch into a larva after about twenty four hours being lain. The larva will moult twice in its life time. During these moulting periods the cuticle, mouth, hooks, and spiracles will be shed. Pupation will start after the second moult, when the larva will become hard and dark in colour. The puparium is where the metamorphosis takes place. Just before the adult fly emerges from the puparium, the pupa will darken in colour. About twenty four hours before the adult is ready to brake out of the pupa, the folded wings and pigments of the eyes can be seen through the puparium's shell. When the metamorphosis is complete, the adult will force its way out of the top of the puparium. To begin with, the fly looks light in colour with a long abdomen and unexpanded wings, but within a few short hours the fly becomes darker in colour, more rounded in the abdomen, and it will extend its wings. About forty eight hours after emerging from the puparium, female are able to start laying eggs. However, there are only twelve hours of the adult females life that it can be considered to be a virgin. A female fruit fly can store sperm after a single insemination and use it many times for reproduction. This enables the female fruit fly to be fertile for life and lay many eggs with out needing to mate every time.
Where do Spiny Leaf Insects live?
they will eat leaves from eucalyptus, wattle, rose, gum and raspberry.
What are the types of stick insects?
There are over 3,000 recorded species of stick insect, 300 of which are bred in captivity. There is no such thing as a stick insect breed like a cat or a dog.
What do baby Indian stick insects eat?
Yes. They will moult six times until they are adults. Each moult will happen approximately each month.
I live in the pine forests north of Houston, Texas. I was trimming bushes in my yard one afternoon and throwing the pieces into a lawn bag when I noticed an insect, which I believe to be a walking stick, on a piece of yaupon that I was about to throw into the bag. Not wanting to harm the little critter, I leaned in toward it and blew on it to get it off the vegetation. It spit (or propelled in some way) about 6-10 small blobs of a dark brown thick liquid onto my face and eyes. My eyes burned badly enough that I dropped everything and stumbled into the house to wash my eyes out with water. No permanent harm was done and I understand the liquid is not an acid but is chemically more related to kerosene So, they can hurt, but not harm.
Its easy to say "no", but stick insects might indeed think, but not in a way humans do. All animals think - whether it to decide with leaf to eat or how to interact with another of its species. Many of these things are instinct-driven, but an animal does indeed have to use its brain to make descisions.
What group is a walking stick in?
Walking Sticks are insects. They have six legs and a chitin exoskeleton. They belong to the Order Orthoptera, which includes not only walking sticks, but also grasshoppers, katydids, crickets, praying mantids, and cockroaches. Walkingsticks belong to the Suborder Phasmatodea, Family Phasmatidea which includes both walkingsticks (which look like sticks) and leaf insects (which look like leaves). I will not deal with leaf insects here but they, too, are interesting insects.
There are several thousand species of Walking Stick insects and many are kept as pets. The ones I had, and describe here, are Indian Stick Insects (Species: Carausius morosus; Pronounced: Ca-rau-si-us mor-o-sus). They are also called the Laboratory Stick Insect because they are easily kept in the laboratory for research experiments. They range in colour from a dark-brown (almost black) to bright green, with the younger stages usually being browner. Walking Sticks take several months (4-6) to grow from a first instar stage, which is about 1 cm long (1/2 inch), to an adult of about 10 cm (4 inches).
They can also mean the non-insect variety, which means mobility support and hiking gear.
How long do lady bugs mate for?
Ladybugs do not get pregnant, they lay eggs. The eggs hatch in about 4 or 5 days into a larval state. About 10 to 15 days later, they go into the pupal stage, and then they grow to be adults.
They stick to webs because the webs are generally sticky. Some webs rely mostly on the prey struggling and getting tangled up in the silk fibers.
Some Spiders have oil on their bodies to prevent them from sticking to their own webs. However, most make their webs in two parts, sticky and not sticky. Since they build their own webs, they know which strands of silk are sticky and which ones are not.
