Surprising Facts about Stick Insects
May 22, 2022
The Phasmatodea are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, how ever in to this group , the family Phylliidae are called leaf bugs , because they resemblance leaves. Read more ... (Wikipedia)
➤ More than 3000 species of stick insects living world wide.
➤ Did you know, Sticks insects can regenerate their limbs. (by molting their skin).➤ Stick insects are the longest insect in the world.
➤ Depending on the species, walking sticks can grow from 1 to 12 inches.
➤ Stick insects have two types of pads on their legs: sticky "toe pads" and non-stick "heel pads" a little further up their legs.
➤ Female stick insects are often grow bigger than the male sticks.
➤ Stick insects are master of disguise , however it's doesn't work while bats are the predators. Because Bats hunt by echolocation.
➤ Stick insects are herbivores , they have powerful jaws for munching.
➤ Droppings of stick insects consist of broken down plant meterial that some other insects use as food.
