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What classification is a stick insect?
Insects
Phasmids/Class
What is a stick insect habitat?
Stick insects occur on all continents except Antarctica. Their natural range is very broad; they occur at high and low altitudes, in temperate and tropical temperatures and in dry or wet conditions. Stick insects generally live in trees and bushes, but some species live entirely on grassland.
What do stick insects do?
They are vegetarians and eat the leaves of plants, shrubs and trees. Privet and bramble leaves are favourites. In the wild they are usually eaten by birds, so stick insects tend to feed at night when birds are not around. Stick insects can be bought from pet shops or specialist breeders.
What country are stick insects from?
The stick insects came to be here in the UK, thousands of kilometres from their native lands in new Zealand when plants, including Tree Ferns, from New Zealand were shipped to nurseries in south west England. In the Eucalyptus forests where the plants came from, stick insects live high in the canopy.
Where do stick insects live UK?
Stick insects are not native to the UK and are only found in the South West of England because of the region’s milder climate.
What are stick insects called?
Phasmatodea
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, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are generally referred to as phasmatodeans, phasmids, or ghost insects.
Where are stick insects found in the UK?
How many stick bugs are in the world?
More than 3,000 species of stick insect exist, many of which are susceptible to habitat destruction, pesticide use, and collection for the pet trade. Walking sticks are members of the same order as leaf insects, which are also fantastically camouflaged.
What are stick insects?
Such is the case with stick insects, otherwise known as stick bugs or walking sticks. They are the insects grouped in the order known as Phasmatodea. While there is great variation among them, one of the common traits of insects in the order Phasmatodea is that they physically resemble sticks.
Is a walking stick an invertebrate?
Classification: Invertebrate. Description. Walking sticks, or stick insects, are a group of highly camouflaged insects. They escape predation by blending into plant material. 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.
How big is the largest stick insect?
The largest species — the daunting Phryganistria chinensis Zhao of China — measures more than two feet long! Just for comparison, the length of a typical adult human foot is approximately 12 inches. Stick insects are sexually dimorphic, so the females are quite a bit larger than the males on average.
What is the world’s longest insect?
Stick insects are among the world’s longest insects. A stick insect discovered in China in 2014 measured 24.5 inches (62.4 cm)! Some species of stick insects can reproduce without a mate.