The phasmatodea also known as phasmida phasmatoptera or spectra are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects stick bugs walking sticks or bug sticks they are generally referred to as phasmatodeans phasmids or ghost insects phasmids in the family phylliidae are called leaf insects leaf bugs walking leaves or bug leaves.
About walking sticks insects.
The walking stick is the longest of all the modern insects with a documented specimen from borneo for example measuring more than 18 inches in length.
Stick insects are part of the order phasmatodea also known as phasmids and walking sticks and are most often found in subtropical tropical habitats when you can find them that is.
There are more than 3 000 species of walking stick bugs all over the world and in diverse climates so it s not surprising that not all walking stick bugs look alike.
As their name suggests they look just like sticks and may even sway back and forth to more closely resemble a twig moving in the wind.
Depending on the species.
These amazing bugs are hard to spot because they look so much like twigs until those twigs get up and walk away that is.
Walking stick bugs from the phasmida family look like sticks with legs and antennae or twigs attached to a small branch.
Stick insect species often called walking sticks range in size from the tiny half inch long timema cristinae of north america to the formidable 13 inch long phobaeticus kirbyi of borneo.
Walking sticks have suction cups and claws on their feet which enables them to wall up vertical surfaces and upside down.