Stick insects

Huge walking stick insect

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Stick Insect (Achrioptera fallax) Madagascar

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Spiny leaf stick insect

Walking stick insects mating (Proscopiidae family)

watch the video on YouTube: youtu.be/uqjhmDmnre8 from the Sumaco Volcano expedition with herpetologists Alejandro Arteaga, Konrad Mebert, Darwin Nuñez and Abel Batista, with support from Juan Manuel Guayasamin, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, and the guides from Pacto Sumaco: Jhoseph Andi, Germanico Ruiz, Oscar Trujillo

Photo: Alex Wild Alex Wild (previously on Neatorama) took this photo of an Apioscelis jumping stick insect in the Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador, that looks straight out of a sci-fi movie....

Giant Wuelfing's Stick Insect.

The stick insects are also commonly known as Walking Sticks. Even if they move, they sway slightly, as if caught by the movement of the wind. They are not easily seen for their camouflage.

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Madagascar giant jumping stick insect (note the dragon like wings).

Jumping Stick

Ever wondered where stick insects come from? When you encounter a stick insect in real life, it is probably an adult specimen, or at least nearly reached adulthood. But, what about baby stick insects? How are they born? The life cycle of stick insects exists of three main life stages: the egg, nymph and adulthood. The eggs are tiny and shaped like seeds, and when they hatch after several weeks to months, tiny stick insects emerge. These small nymphs already look like full stick insects, and…

From the Pink Floyd shrimp that makes a noise so loud it can kill small fish, to giant stick insects and new types of orangutans and gibbons, here is a round up of new animal species discovered this year

Stick Insect- Make at Home: make a stick insect ( mantis) for your garden or backyard

Make your own stick insect science craft - use pipecleaners, google eyes (Wollongong Science Centre & Planetarium, Australia)