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It's not known whether this stick insect is an endangered species, however similar insects, like the Lord Howe Island stick insect, have all but disappeared in the wild after introduced rodents decimated populations.

But the Lord Howe Island stick insect, once declared extinct, still lives.

Also facially he looks a bit like the stick insect from A Bug's Life.

Was confronted by that English stick insect on the cover of Vanity Fair…Hermione whatsherface.

It is, in fact, the Lord Howe Island stick insect camping out on an inhospitable pyramid.

The researchers worked with females of the species Carausius morosus, the Indian or common stick insect.

Australia has up to 140 species of stick insect, but Asia also has a high number.

He hopes to build something like the stick insect in robot form to use for further studies.

Some of these, like in the stick insect, are not particularly nice but nature has no morale.

So has a giant, 21-inch-long walking-stick insect, and many kinds of birds — laughing thrushes!

An earlier hypothesis is that the thickness and shape of stick insect eggs protects them from parasitic wasps.

The current world record holder in stick insect length is from Borneo, at 56.7 centimetres (22.3 inches), Fiedel said.

That's only 2 millimetres (0.08 inches) longer than the current largest living Australian stick insect in Museum Victoria's colony.

For instance, as part of the "Stick Insect" story we invited the local high school's robotics teacher to visit.

The question will then become: Should scientists return the Lord Howe Island stick insect to its namesake island, once the rodents are gone?

The prolonged copula of the stick insect is an example of mate-guarding, a common phenomenon in the animal world, as in ours.

One thing that makes stick insect eggs different from most other insects is that they resemble seeds — same shape, size, color and texture.

Some of these eggs, carried inside females in certain stick insect species, also don't need to be fertilized to hatch into viable offspring.

The researchers managed to bag just two breeding pairs, because Lord Howe Island stick insect was, and remains, one of the rarest critters on the planet.

The differences were great enough to raise questions: Was this the Lord Howe Island stick insect living somewhere new, or was it a different species altogether?

The children of a giant, rare stick insect named after Lady Gaga — or Lady Gaga-ntuan — have become the first such insects to successfully breed in captivity.

Scientists in China report that they've found the world's longest insect — a new species of stick insect of the genus Phryganistria that measures over half a meter.

The 62.4-centimeter-long creature beats the previous record holder, another stick insect discovered in 2008 (and named Phobaeticus chani or Chan's megastick) by nearly six centimeters.

Genetic analysis showed that a stick insect found on another island was the same species as the one wiped out by rats on Australia's Lord Howe Island.

He provides a lovely addendum to the plight of the Lord Howe stick insect, including a wondrous video of a huge newborn insect emerging from an impossibly tiny egg.

Holding another World record, the Indian stick insect Necroscia sparaxes has been observed to copulate for 79 days, with the male sitting on top of a typically larger female.

"The Lord Howe Island stick insect is a story of loss, it's a story of a fragile island habitat being destroyed by an invasive species introduced by humans," Mikheyev says.

Their insectlike movements are pure del Toro (reminiscent of the stick insect/fairy in "Pan's Labyrinth"); their creepy tendency to skitter up walls and ceilings evokes memories of Japanese ghost movies.

In 2003, scientists scaled its sheer cliffs in search of the only thing more bizarre than the island itself: the Lord Howe Island stick insect, so named because it is, as promised, rather stick-like.

But in the 1960s, rock climbers on Ball's Pyramid, a volcanic stack 20 kilometres (12 miles) southeast of the island, made an exciting discovery: a collection of fresh insect corpses that seemed to be the stick insect.

New discoveries include a cartwheeling spider in Morocco, a giant walking stick insect 9 inches long in Vietnam, and a new species of pufferfish off the coast of Japan that create intricate geometric spawning nests in the sand on the ocean floor.

But in the latest chapter for what has also been called the Lord Howe stick insect, scientists compared the genomes of living stick bugs from a small island nearby to those of museum specimens, revealing that they are indeed the same species.

On the New York Times track, our lesson plans include New York Times stories such as "Stick Insect Helps Scientist Study How Animals Move" by James Gorman; "Should You Let Your Dog Lick Your Face?" by Christopher Mele, "Why Doesn't the United States (Finally) Get Rid of the Penny?" by Binyamin Appelbaum.

He, Volker Dürr and Josef Schmitz, also at the university, reported their findings in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Dr. Dallmann, who studies how the nervous system controls movement, started research on the stick insect because it relies on sensory feedback from its legs to navigate and it walks slowly enough to offer a good chance to study how neural activity is translated into movements.

Eurycantha calcarata (common names thorny devil stick insect and giant spiny stick insect ) is a species of phasmid endemic to Australasia.

Ctenomorphodes tessulatus, the tessellated stick insect, tessellated phasmid or tessulata stick insect, is a medium-sized, stick insect found in the Brisbane area of Australia. Fully grown males in mating season exhibit frenetic behaviour. This species is also parthenogenetic.

Pseudobactricia ridleyi, also known as Ridley's Stick Insect, is an extinct stick insect of the family Diapheromeridae. The species was endemic to Singapore.

The Pink Winged Stick Insect (Sipyloidea sipylus), also called Madagascan Stick Insect, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Sipyloidea. It is the most widespread phasmid in the world, can be found throughout tropical Asia and parts of Southeast Asia.

Acrophylla titan, the titan stick insect, is the second-longest stick insect found in Australia. It is native to south-east Queensland and New South Wales.

The Sri Lankan Stick Insect, (Cuniculina cunicula), is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Cuniculina. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.

Ctenomorpha chronus, the margin-winged stick insect, is a species of stick insect endemic to southern Australia. The species was first described by George Robert Gray in 1833.

Sungaya inexpectata is a species of stick insect. Its common name is the sunny stick insect, derived from the less commonly used sungay stick insect. It is a species in the order of the stick insects Phasmatodea and the only member of the genus Sungaya. The genus name refers to the locality of the holotype, i.e.

Onchestus rentzi is an Australian species of stick insect, commonly named the Crowned stick insect, described in 2006. Brock & Hasenpusch, 2006. "Studies on the Australian stick-insect genus Onchestus Stål (Phasmida: Phasmatidae)" Journal of Orthoptera Research It lives in rainforests along the coast of Queensland and the Northern Territory. It is named after the Australian orthopterist David Rentz.

Achrioptera fallax is a stick insect species found in Madagascar.

Xera is a stick insect genus in the family Pseudophasmatidae.

Cryptic stick insect Extatosoma tiaratum sways in the wind like foliage.

Clitarchus hookeri, is a stick insect of the family Phasmatidae, endemic to New Zealand. It is possibly New Zealand's most common stick insect. Clitarchus hookeri is often green in appearance, but can also be brown or red.

Bacillus is a stick insect genus, common in Europe and North Africa.

The denticulate stick insect (Acanthograeffea denticulata) is the sole species of stick insect present in the Mariana Islands, where it is endemic. It feeds on coconut fronds.Bourquin, O. Invertebrates recorded from the Northern Marianas Islands. Northern Marianas College.

Extatosoma tiaratum, commonly known as the spiny leaf insect, the giant prickly stick insect, Macleay's spectre, or the Australian walking stick, is a large species of stick insect endemic to Australia. The species has the Phasmid Study Group number PSG9.

Bacillidae is a stick insect family in the order Phasmatodea and the suborder Verophasmatodea.

Ctenomorpha gargantua is a species of stick insect endemic to northern Australia.Hasenpusch, Jack, and Paul D. Brock. "Studies on the Australian stick insect genus Ctenomorpha Gray (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Phasmatinae), with the description of a new large species." Zootaxa 1282 (2006): 1-15.

Pseudophasma brachypterum is a species of stick insect found in Brazil, Suriname, Guadeloupe and Peru.

Leptynia attenuata is a species of stick insect from Diapheromeridae family which is endemic to Portugal.

Of slender build, he has blue hair and wings. Its mascot is Zeppo, a stick insect.

Ramulus braggi, is a species of phasmid or stick insect. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Ramulus ceylonense is a species of phasmid or stick insect. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Ramulus lineaticeps is a species of phasmid or stick insect. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Ramulus lobulatus is a species of phasmid or stick insect. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Ramulus trilineatus is a species of phasmid or stick insect. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Acanthoxyla prasina, the prickly stick insect, is a stick insect in the order Phasmatodea and the family Phasmatidae. It is found throughout New Zealand, although it is less frequently reported than "common" stick insect species. It has a thorny skin, which is used as camouflage."Insect poses prickly questions" on Otago Daily Times website, viewed 2013-10-16 The species reproduces by parthenogenesis, producing eggs without the help of a male, and no male prickly stick insects have been found.

Prisomera auscultator, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Prisomera. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Prisomera cyllabacum, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Prisomera. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Prisomera ignava, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Prisomera. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Prisomera mimas, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Prisomera. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Prisomera spinicollis, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Prisomera. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Ramulus ablutus, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Ramulus. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Sceptrophasma humilis, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Sceptrophasma. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Sipyloidea bistriolata, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Sipyloidea. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Sipyloidea ceylonica, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Sipyloidea. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Sipyloidea panaetius, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Sipyloidea. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Trachythorax expallescens, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Trachythorax. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Cuniculina obnoxia, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Cuniculina. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Lonchodes denticauda, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Lonchodes. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Lonchodes femoralis, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Lonchodes. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Lonchodes flavicornis, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Lonchodes. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Phobaeticus hypharpax, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Phobaeticus. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Lonchodes praon, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Lonchodes. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Phobaeticus lobulatus, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Phobaeticus. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Asceles opacus, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Asceles. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Miniphasma secunda, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Miniphasma. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Paramenexenus ceylonicus, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Paramenexenus. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Paramenexenus subalienus, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Paramenexenus. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Paramenexenus inconspicuus, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Paramenexenus. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Paraprisomera coronata, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Paraprisomera. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Parasipyloidea minuta, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Parasipyloidea. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Parasipyloidea zehntneri, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Parasipyloidea. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Paraprisomera taprobanae, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Paraprisomera. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Parasosibia ceylonica, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Parasosibia. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Parasosibia incerta, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Parasosibia. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Sipyloidea acutipennis, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Sipyloidea. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Other stories stated that if a stick insect landed on someone it was a sign they had entered a sacred place.

Timema bartmani, or Bartman's timema, is a species of stick insect in the family Timematidae. It is found in North America.

Ramulus pseudoporus is the type species of the genus Ramulus: a phasmid or stick insect. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Phyllium (Phyllium) athanysus, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Phyllium. It is found in Sri Lanka.

The Abrosoma exiguum, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Abrosoma. It is found in Sri Lanka.

The Abrosoma nebulosum, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Abrosoma. It is found in Sri Lanka.

The Abrosoma virescens, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Abrosoma. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Charmides cerberus, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the monotypic genus Charmides. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Clonopsis gallica,Charpentier T de (1825) De Orthopteris Europaeis. Horae Entomologicae. 94. the French stick insect, is a stick insect species in the genus Clonopsis. It has been recorded from: Croatia, France (including Corsica), Jersey, Italy (including Sicily, Sardinia and most of the minor islands) Portugal (including Azores), Spain (including Majorca), Madeira, Tenerife and North-Western Africa.

Calvisia kneubuehleri is a species of stick insects in the tribe Necrosciini: called the Picasso stick insect by the authors.Bresseel J, Constant J (2017) The Picasso stick insect. A striking new species of Calvisia from Vietnam with notes on captive breeding and new methods for incubation of eggs (Phasmida: Diapheromeridae: Necrosciinae). Belgian Journal of Entomology 46: 1-18.

Miniphasma, is a genus of phasmid or stick insect of the family Diapheromeridae. Two species are recognized, both endemic to Sri Lanka.

Trachythorax sparaxes, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Trachythorax. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.

Clitarchus rakauwhakanekeneke is a stick insect that belongs the common New Zealand genus Clitarchus. It lives only on the Poor Knights Islands.

Prisomera spinosissimum, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Prisomera. It is found in India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.

Sceptrophasma hispidulum, commonly known as the Andaman Islands stick insect, is a species of the stick insect family. It originates from the Andaman Islands and is commonly found in tropical forests there. They eat a variety of foliage, though in captivity they commonly eat blackberry bramble, hawthorn, oak, rose, and lettuce. The species has the Phasmid Study Group number PSG183.

Anthericonia is a monotypic genus of stick insect of the Pseudophasmatidae family. Its only species is Anthericonia anketeschke, which is found in Costa Rica.

The Soviet Union sent eight monkeys into space in the 1980s on Bion flights. Bion flights also flew zebra danio, fruit flies, rats, stick insect eggs and the first newts in space. In 1985, the U.S. sent two squirrel monkeys aboard Spacelab 3 on the Space Shuttle with 24 male albino rats and stick insect eggs. Bion 7 (1985) had 10 newts (Pleurodeles waltl) on board.

Timema shepardi, Shepard's Timema, is a stick insect native to northern California. It was first identified in 1999. It is one of five parthenogenetic species of Timema.

Miniphasma prima, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Miniphasma. It is found in Sri Lanka. It was first described from Horton Plains.

Parasipyloidea seiferti, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Parasipyloidea. It is found in Sri Lanka. It is first described from Nuwara Eliya.

Both sexes of the goliath stick insect are apple green with hints of gold, blue, purple, red and yellow. Colourful patterns on the underside of the wings are used as a defence tactic in order to ward off predators. The females can reach lengths of up to . The eggs of the goliath stick insect look like seeds, so that common ants may take them underground, allowing them to hatch in safety.

ClonopsisPantel L (1915) Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr. 1915: 96. is a stick insect genus in the family Bacillidae. Species have been recorded from mainland Europe and North Africa.

The Hausleithner's Stick Insect, (Phyllium (Phyllium) hausleithneri), is a species of phasmid or leaf insect of the genus Phyllium. It is found in peninsular Malaysia, and Sri Lanka.

Lopaphus srilankensis, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Lopaphus. It is found in Sri Lanka. Two subspecies documented. It was first found from Anuradhapura.

They include corn snakes, rainbow boas, milk snakes, New Guinea blue-tongued skinks, giant African land snails, giant millipedes, Madagascar hissing cockroaches, and Macleays spectre, a large stick insect.

"Matt's a really young cool guy – he can wear anything, but I wanted to strip it back and be very stark." Moffat described the look as "A stick-insect sort of thing". He also said that Clara calls him "a grey-haired stick-insect at one point". Capaldi also stated that he chose the Twelfth Doctor's costume so fans of the show who enjoy cosplay could easily emulate it without going to great expense.

Ctenomorphodes chronus next to matchstick to show scale Ctenomorphodes Chronus Stick Insect (Sydney) C. chronus resembles a eucalyptus twig and can grow up to 20 cm in length.Hasenpusch, J. & Brock, P. D. (2006). Studies on the Australian Stick Insect Genus Ctenomorpha Gray (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Phasmatinae), With The Description of a New Large Species in Zootaxa The males are long and slender, have full wings and can fly. The females are larger with blackish hindwings.

There is scattered mention of stick insects in Maori legends. Like all insects they are said to be children of Tane and are to be respected. They have been said to signify several different things: If a stick insect (or mantis) landed on a woman it was said to be a sign she was pregnant. It was said that if a stick insect is present the location was unsuitable for a garden.

Undescribed Micrarchus species illustrated by Des Helmore Stick insects in New Zealand are found in a range of different environments, from cold high alpine areas to dry coastal bush. There are currently 23 different species described, from 10 genera . The most common species of the stick insect in New Zealand is the smooth stick insect (Clitarchus hookeri) . Following , the New Zealand stick insects are placed into the subfamilies Phasmatinae (tribe: Acanthoxylini) and Pachymorphinae (tribe: Pachymorphinini).

Ranatra fusca is a water stick-insect in the family Nepidae, native to North America. It is known by the common name brown water scorpion.Rantra fusca. itis.gov Accessed 2010-11-27.

Dryococelus australis, commonly known as the Lord Howe Island stick insect or tree lobster, is a species of stick insect that lives on the Lord Howe Island Group. It was thought to be extinct by 1920, only to be rediscovered in 2001. It is extirpated in its largest former habitat, Lord Howe Island, and has been called "the rarest insect in the world", as the rediscovered population consisted of 24 individuals living on the small islet of Ball's Pyramid.

Ball's Pyramid supports the last known wild population of Lord Howe Island stick insect (Dryococelus australis). Following the last sighting of the Lord Howe Island stick insect on Lord Howe Island in 1920, the species was presumed extinct. Evidence of continued survival on Ball's Pyramid was discovered during the 1964 climb when a dead specimen was found and photographed. Throughout the following years, several more dead specimens were discovered, but attempts to find live specimens were unsuccessful.

Clitarchus rakauwhakanekeneke is a medium-sized, moderately robust and wingless stick insect with a green to mottled brown and grey body, with some tubercles and spines more commonly on its dorsal side. It has been collected on Metrosideros perforata, põhutakawa (Metrosideros excelsa), manuka (Leptospermum scoparium), kanuka (Kunzea spp.), tall mingimingi (Leucopogon fasciculatus), Coprosma sp., and some grasses. This stick insect is restricted to the Poor Knights Islands, some 22 kilometres from the eastern coast of Northland.

In 2017 QuestaGame reported results from its World BioQuest 20–22 May 2017: 11,646 observations, 2,440 photos, 9,403 identifications and 689 species. The winning World BioQuest Champion was a player named Austin. The highest scoring single sighting was an image of a stick insect (Onchestus gorgus), by QuestaGamer Ben Revell. The stick insect was identified by Dr. Paul Brock of the Natural History Museum, London, as the first photographic record of the species on major biodiversity databases.

Birdlife International. . Accessed on 2011-09-15. and the stick insect Conlephasma enigma, which was first described in 2012. The mountain was also the location of a possible World War II Japanese holdout.

Clitarchus tepaki is a stick insect that belongs to the common New Zealand genus Clitarchus. It is endemic to the North Cape area of New Zealand, in particular Te Paki and the Karikari Peninsula.

Eoprephasma is an extinct genus of stick insect in the superfamily Susumanioidea known from a group of Eocene fossils found in North America. When first described there was a single named species, E. hichensi.

Timema knulli, Knull's Timema, is a stick insect native to California Strohecker. 1951. Three new species of North American Orthoptera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America (Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer.) 44(2):169-172.

Niveaphasma annulata is a species of stick insect found in New Zealand. It is the sole member of the Niveaphasma genus which is unique among stick insects because it can be found living in alpine areas.

Timema douglasi is a stick insect native to northern California and southern Oregon. It was first identified in 1996 as a specialist feeder on old-growth Douglas fir. It is one of five parthenogenetic species of Timema.

Leptynia caprai is a species of stick insect from Heteronemiidae family which is endemic to Spain. In 1998 the species was studied by Anna Paola Bianchi and Patrizia Meliado who discovered that the species have 40 chromosomes.

Leptynia montana is a species of stick insect from Heteronemiidae family which is endemic to Spain. In 1998 the species was studied by Anna Paola Bianchi and Patrizia Meliado who discovered that the species have 40 chromosomes.

As members of the family Phasmidea, A. inermis grows by incomplete metamorphosis; it grows by a series of moults. Generally a stick insect will moult between five and ten times between hatching from the egg and mature adulthood. The life of a stick insect consists of four stages: Adults lay their ova (eggs) either by dropping them to the ground or depositing them within a suitable substrate. The ova are often hardy so they can withstand falling from height and the cold winter conditions they are often exposed to.

During the 1990s the U.S. carried crickets, mice, rats, frogs, newts, fruit flies, snails, carp, medaka (rice fish), oyster toadfish, sea urchins, swordtail fish, gypsy moth eggs, stick insect eggs, brine shrimp (Artemia salina), quail eggs, and jellyfish aboard Space Shuttles.

Painting of Leaf Insects and Stick Insects by Marianne North, 1870s Stick insects are often kept in captivity: almost 300 species have been reared in laboratories or as pets. The most commonly kept is the Indian (or laboratory) stick insect, Carausius morosus, which eats vegetables such as lettuce. Droppings of the stick insect Eurycnema versirubra (Serville, 1838) [=Eurycnema versifasciata] fed with specific plants are made into a medicinal tea by Malaysian Chinese to treat ailments. The botanical illustrator Marianne North (1830–1890) painted leaf and stick insects that she saw on her travels in the 1870s.

Achrioptera manga is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Achrioptera, found only in a forest in northern Madagascar. Stick insects usually blend into their background, but the male A. manga is blue, standing out against the surrounding foliage.

Titan stick insect eggs Titan stick insects are pale brown- grey in colour and can grow up to in body length. The females can be easily identified as being larger than the males. Males are able to fly but females are not.

Heteropteryx dilatataParkinson (1798) Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 4(1): 190. is a large species stick insect, in the monotypic genus HeteropteryxGray GR (1835) Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae 13, 32. and typical of the family Heteropterygidae.

Phobaeticus serratipes (formerly known as Pharnacia serratipes) is a species of stick insect that at one time was the longest known insect, with one female specimen recorded as being 555 mm long.Seow-Choen, F. (1995). The longest insect in the world. Malayan Nat.

There are a wide range of natural enemies that pose a threat to P. tectorius such as parasites, pathogens, and herbivores. They attack the leaves, roots, stems, and growing points. The stick insect Megacrania batesii lives and feeds only on this species.

In "Girl Trouble", Esme was jealous because Dylan had a crush on Fiona. Later, Dylan's bearded dragon, Trafford ate Fiona's stick insect, Ingrid. In Series 3, Esme was demoted from main to recurring. In "Back to Bogmoor", she and Gabe return from the other side.

Clitarchus tepaki is a medium-sized, moderately robust and wingless stick insect with a green to mottled brown and grey body, sometimes with tubercles on its dorsal side. It prefers to live in forest remnants, and has been seen feeding on Metrosideros perforata, Metrosideros bartlettii, manuka (Leptospermum scoparium), kanuka (Kunzea spp.), and pohuehue (Muehlenbeckia australis).Male and female Clitarchus tepaki at Spirits Bay, NorthlandThis stick insect has been found in just two localities: the Te Paki or North Cape area, and the volcanic uplands of Paraawanui in the Karikari Peninsula. Within Te Paki it has been collected in many spots, including Spirits Bay, Tom Bowling Bay, and Unuwhao.

Lord Howe Island stick insect The Lord Howe Island stick insect disappeared from the main island soon after the accidental introduction of rats when the SS Makambo ran aground near Ned's Beach on 15 June 1918. In 2001, a tiny population was discovered in a single Melaleuca howeana shrub on the slopes of Ball's Pyramid, has been successfully bred in captivity, and is nearing re-introduction to the main island. The Lord Howe stag beetle is a colourful endemic beetle seen during summers. Another endemic invertebrate, the Lord Howe flax snail (or Lord Howe Placostylus), has also been affected by the introduction of rats.

Didymuria violescens, the spur legged phasmid, also known as the Violet-winged stick insect, or Violet-winged phasma, is a common phasmid native to Australia. Males have distinct spurs and thicker hind legs (the hind have the spurs) which is where the animal gets its common name, though the spurs are only found on the male. This specific type of stick insect eats Gum (Eucalyptus) leaves, female lay very many eggs as there is a low chance of live hatching from the egg. The female produces eggs that can bear young even if the eggs are not fertilized, though those hatch-lings are only female.

Necrosciinae is a subfamily of the stick insect family Lonchodidae, with its greatest diversity in South-East Asia. The subfamilies Necrosciinae and Lonchodinae, formerly part of Diapheromeridae, were determined to make up a separate family and were transferred to the re-established family Lonchodidae in 2018.

Pterinoxylus spinulosus is a species of stick insect found in the Neotropics. It was first described by the Austrian entomologist Ludwig Redtenbacher in 1908, from an adult male and an immature female. It was not until 1957 that an adult female was described by J.A.G. Rehn.

Eurycnema goliath, the goliath stick insect, is one of the largest stick insects in Australia. The first instar of a nymph is small, brown, and ant- like, without wings, however the adult insects are green and yellow, though colors can slightly vary, are very large, and have wings.

This walkingstick is native to North America. Its range extends from the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida, as far west as California and northwards to North Dakota. It also occurs in Canada (where it is the only stick insect) being present in Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.

The females then flick their eggs to the ground. The eggs look like those of the children's stick insect (Tropidoderus childrenii) but they are black-grey with a small white growth. Ants pick them up and eat the growth, and leave the egg in the refinery where they hatch.

Medauromorpha Bresseel J & Constant J (2017) The new stick insect genus Medauromorpha gen. nov. with one new species from Vietnam and notes on Medauroidea Zompro, 2000 (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Clitumninae). Belgian Journal of Entomology 45: 1–38. Translation of original paper in Flemish: Bresseel & Constant (2017) Phasma 27(103): 14.

Bactrododema is a genus of the stick insect family Diapheromeridae. Species of this genus have a relictual distribution and are endemic to southern Africa.Brock, P.D. Taxonomic notes on giant southern African stick insects (Phasmida), including the description of a new Bactrododema species Annals of the Transvaal Museum 41: 61–77.

Phasmotaenia lanyuhensis is a species of stick insect, order Phasmatodea. It is endemic to Taiwan. It is often included in the family Phasmatidae, although sometimes excluded from it when the family is strictly delimited. It derives its specific name from its type locality, Lanyuh Island, commonly known as Orchid Island.

Male Clitarchus hookeri Female Clitarchus hookeri Clitarchus hookeri is a large stick insect. This species demonstrates sexual dimorphism. Female specimens grow from 81 – 106 mm and males from 67 – 74 mm. The colour can be variable, even in the same location, ranging from bright green to grey, brown or buff.

Clitarchus is a genus of stick insects in the Phasmatidae family and Phasmatinae sub-family. This genus is the most common stick insect in New Zealand. It is found widely throughout the North Island and part of the South Island on kanuka and manuka, as well as various common garden plants.

Cravitz Printing Co., Essex, England. while the overall length (from the hind to the front legs) is up to . The second longest insect in terms of total length is Phobaeticus serratipes of Malaysia and Singapore, measuring up to . Another extremely long stick insect is Pharnacia maxima, which measured with its legs extended.

Glaw is a contributing author on over 200 descriptions of Madagascan taxa, such as the chameleon Brookesia micra and the microhylid frog Stumpffia pygmaea. Several species are named in after Frank Glaw: a species of chamaeleon, Calumma glawi; a species of protist, Eimeria glawi; and a species of stick insect, Glawiana glawi.

Palophinae is a subfamily of the stick insect family Diapheromeridae. They belong to the superfamily Anareolatae of suborder Verophasmatodea.PSG (2009) Altogether about 20 species of Palophinae are known to date. They have a relictual distribution and are endemic to the southern Africa, with one occurring as far north as the Gulf of Guinea.

Phobaeticus kirbyi is a very long stick insect native to Borneo. The holotype deposited at the Natural History Museum in London measures excluding legs and including legs. This makes it the second-longest known insect in terms of body length, behind Phobaeticus chani with . Both P. chani and Phobaeticus serratipes exceed it in total length with legs extended.

Crickets Grasshoppers and Katydids: Orthoptera – Physical Characteristics – Wings, Legs, Forewings, and Species. Animals.jrank.orgGiant Long-Legged Katydid . Hmns.org ;Stick insects (Phasmatodea) :The longest known stick insect, and indeed the longest insect ever known, is Phobaeticus chani of the Bornean rainforest, with one specimen held in the Natural History Museum in London measuring in total length.World's longest insect revealed.

The goliath stick insect can be found throughout Australia's east coast in NSW and southern Queensland, with a small population living further north in Cairns. Goliath stick insects are extremely hard to find due to their camouflage and tendency to hide in tree tops. They can be found mostly in eucalyptus trees, or small native flowers such as acacias.

Carausius morosus insect Carausius morosus (the 'common', 'Indian' or 'laboratory' stick insect) is a species of Phasmatodea (phasmid) often kept as pets by schools and individuals. Culture stocks originate from a collection from Tamil Nadu, India. Like the majority of the Phasmatodea, C. morosus are nocturnal. Culture stocks are parthenogenetic females that can reproduce without mating.

CarausiusStål C (1875) Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 32: 8. is a genus of the tribe Lonchodini, in the order Phasmatodea (stick and leaf insects). The genus is in many ways typical of the Phasmatodea in that all species are twig-like in appearance. Carausius morosus is the most commonly kept stick insect in captivity.

It is commonly kept in captivity and may be known as the: jungle nymph, Malaysian stick insect, Malaysian wood nymph, Malayan jungle nymph, or Malayan wood nymph. It originates in Malaya and is nocturnal. This insect holds the human record for the largest egg laid by an insect. The eggs are about 1.3 cm (0.5 in) in length.

In the evenings, the characteristic calls of the cicadas and crickets are often heard. If one is discerning enough, the stick insect and leaf mantis may be found well-camouflaged among the vegetation. Penang Hill has a rich bird fauna. Over 100 species or about 80% of the birds found on Penang Island have been recorded here.

Renphasma is an extinct genus of stick insect which existed in what is now China during the early Cretaceous period. It was named by André Nel and Emmanuel Delfosse in 2011, and the type species is Renphasma sinica. The generic name refers to Dr. Ren Dong, while the specific name refers to Sinica, the Latin name for China.

The behaviour of this stick insect is highly unusual for an insect species, in that the males and females form a bond in some pairs. The females lay eggs while hanging from branches. Hatching can happen up to nine months later. The nymphs are first bright green and active during the day, but as they mature, they turn black and become nocturnal.

Stick insect in the reserve Tucavaca Valley Municipal Reserve (Reserva Municipal Valle de Tucavaca) is a protected area in Bolivia situated in the Santa Cruz Department, Chiquitos Province, Roboré Municipality. The reserve is located at an altitude between 200 m and 1250 m above sea level (Mount Chochís). It comprises the Santiago mountain range (Serranía de Santiago) and the Tucavaca valley.

Eurycantha calcarata typically reproduce through sexual reproduction and produce eggs that hatch 4.5-6.5 months later. When no males are present in the population, this stick insect exhibits parthenogenesis instead. Eggs are typically 8.2 mm and 4 mm wide, with a somewhat cylindrical shape. Egg color can vary from shades of brown to grey and surface texture is rough and shiny.

O'Dea, JD. Eine zusatzliche oder alternative Funktion der 'kryptischen' Schaukelbewegung bei Gottesanbeterinnen und Stabschrecken (Mantodea, Phasmatodea). Entomologische Zeitschrift, 101, Nr. 1/2, 15 Januar 1991, 25-27. Mating behavior in Phasmatodea is impressive because of the extraordinarily long duration of some pairings. A record among insects, the stick insect Necroscia sparaxes, found in India, is sometimes coupled for 79 days at a time.

Tribesmen in Sarawak eat phasmids and their eggs. Some indigenous people of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands have traditionally made fishhooks from the legs of certain phasmids. Research has been conducted to analyze the stick insect method of walking and apply this to the engineering of six-legged walking robots. Instead of one centralized control system, it seems each leg of a phasmid operates independently.

Because of the ability to carry on populations like this the male of the species is functionally redundant which has given A. inermis the ability to set up breeding populations from just one female individual. Such a situation occurred when timber was being transport to the United Kingdom in the 1920s and since its arrival A. inermis has become the most common stick insect in Great Britain which has no native species of phasmatodea but several that have invaded in similar ways to the Unarmed Stick Insect. This form of reproduction does make A. inermis (and others) vulnerable to environmental change as they have removed the mixing of their population's genetic code, reducing their genetic diversity, as well as removing the chance for DNA repair. However, the lineage is the result of interspecific hybridisation so individuals have high allelic diversity.

Lobofemora scheirei is a species of stick insects in the tribe Clitumnini.Bresseel J, Constant J (2015) The new genus of stick insect Lobofemora from Vietnam, with the description of three new species (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Clitumnini). European Journal of Taxonomy 115: 18. This species was found in the seasonal tropical forests of the Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve (type locality), which includes Cát Tiên National Park, Vietnam.

Phobaeticus chani or Chan's megastick is a species of stick insect in the tribe Pharnaciini. It is one of the longest insects in the world and was once considered the record-holder (it is currently held by an unnamed species of Phryganistria discovered in 2016). One specimen held in the Natural History Museum in London measures . This measurement is, however, with the front legs fully extended.

Distinctive species include the long- necked giraffe weevil, the huge comet moth and the butterfly-like Madagascan sunset moth. About 80 species of stick insect occur; the Achrioptera species are large and colourful while others are small and very well-camouflaged. Many of the island's praying mantises are also well-camouflaged, mimicking dead leaves or bark. There are over 100 cockroaches, including the large Madagascar hissing cockroach.

The stick insect Argosarchus horridus belongs to the Phasmatodea, not to the stick mantises. Illustration by George Vernon Hudson, 1892 Stick mantises should not be confused with stick insects (Phasmatodea) although the latter were long-considered close relatives of all mantises according to classification which is now often considered paraphyletic and outdated. Likewise, both mantises and stick insects are separate from the recently identified Mantophasmatodea.

A new species of Phasmid Stick Insect was recently discovered at Springbrook and Named Parapodacanthus ailaketoae. Large flightless ground beetles include on the higher Springbrook plateau Nurus perater and at lower elevations at Mt Cougal,Tallebudgera and Natural Bridge Nurus moorei. The striking blue and red Mountain Katydid Acripeza reticulata and Tim Tam Bug Zopherosis georgei that resembles a chocolate biscuit have also been recorded at Springbrook.

LAURON I - now in the biggest German museum of science and technology Deutsches Museum LAURON I was finished in late 1993 and then presented to public at the CeBit 1994. It was constructed of aluminum and fiber-reinforced plastics with an overall weight of 11 kg. The robot was controlled by artificial neural networks. The construction and design was strongly inspired by the stick insect.

No camping facilities are on the island and remote-area camping is not permitted. To protect the fragile environment of Ball's Pyramid (which carries the last remaining wild population of the endangered Lord Howe Island stick insect), recreational climbing there is prohibited. No pets are allowed without permission from the board. Islanders use tanked rainwater, supplemented by bore water for showers and washing clothes.

The eggs of stick insects have a coating of calcium oxalate which makes them survive unscathed in the digestive tract of birds. It has been suggested that birds may have a role in the dispersal of parthenogenetic stick insect species, especially to islands. The Phasmatodea life cycle is hemimetabolous, proceeding through a series of several nymphal instars. Once emerged, a nymph will eat its cast skin.

Diapheromerinae is a subfamily of the stick insect family Diapheromeridae. They belong to the superfamily Anareolatae of suborder Verophasmatodea.PSG (2009) The family contains the huge Paraphanocles keratosqueleton, often discussed under its obsolete nameBostra is actually the name for a genus of Pyralini snout moths Bostra maxwelli and known as godhorse or hag's horse in Barbados. It belongs to the typical tribe of Diapheromerinae, the Diapheromerini.

These relatively large stick insects generally measure about in length. During adulthood the Children's stick insect mates more than once and females lays eggs its whole life as an adult. From Winter to Autumn, (winter laid autumn hatched) the eggs will hatch, forming an army of baby stick insects. They usually live in eucalyptus tree as their main source of food is the leaves of this tree.

The range has many species of lizards, as well as the Panamint rattlesnake and glossy snake. Trees found in the range include Single-leaf pinyon pine (Pinus monophylla), Arizona cypress (Cupressus arizonica), White fir (Abies concolor), Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), and Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma), and Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum). The range has one endemic species of stick insect, Timema nevadense.Strohecker, H. F. 1966.

Garnett, Stephen T.; & Crowley, Gabriel M. (2000). The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000. Environment Australia: Canberra. p.633.Naturalis: Turdidae (Thrushes) – Lord Howe Thrush The giant Lord Howe Island stick insect also became extinct on the main island in 1930, and was believed to be completely gone until a tiny population of survivors was discovered on Ball's Pyramid in 2001 (there are plans to reintroduce them).

Restoration of an Eomaia feeding on a Cretophasmomima Cretophasmomima is an extinct genus of stem-stick insect from the Cretaceous of Eurasia and is one of the oldest and most basal stick insects known. The type species, Cretophasmomima vitimica, was described in 1985 from the Aptian aged Zaza Formation in Russia.S. A. Kuzmina. 1985. New Orthoptera of the Family Phasmomimidae from the Lower Cretaceous in Transbaikalia.

Melaleuca howeana provides habitat for the Lord Howe Island stick insect Dryococelus australis, a critically endangered species. A specimen on Ball's Pyramid is growing in a small crevice where water seeps through cracks in the underlying rocks. This moisture supports a relatively lush plant growth which resulted in a build-up of plant debris, several metres deep. The insects have been bred in captivity and returned to Lord Howe Island.

Orestes draegeriBresseel & Constant. 2018) The Oriental stick insect genus Orestes Redtenbacher, 1906: Taxonomical notes and six new species from Vietnam (Phasmida: Heteropterygidae: Dataminae) Belgian Journal of Entomology 58: 33, figs 5, 18–20. is a species of stick insects in the subfamily Dataminae (tribe Datamini). This species was found in the seasonal tropical forests of the Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve, which includes Cát Tiên National Park, Vietnam (type locality).

Biologically inspired hexapod robots largely depend on the insect species used as a model. The cockroach and the stick insect are the two most commonly used insect species; both have been ethologically and neurophysiologically extensively studied. At present no complete nervous system is known, therefore, models usually combine different insect models, including those of other insects. Insect gaits are usually obtained by two approaches: the centralized and the decentralized control architectures.

Acanthoxyla inermis (the unarmed stick insect) is an insect that was described by John Tenison Salmon 1955. Acanthoxyla inermis is included in the genus Acanthoxyla, and family Phasmatidae. No subspecies are listed. This species is native to New Zealand but has been unintentionally moved to Great Britain where it has grown a stable population and is the longest insect observed, and the most common of the stick insects that have established themselves on the island.

The common walkingstick or northern walkingstick (Diapheromera femorata) is a species of phasmid or stick insect found across North America. The average length of this species is 75mm (3 in) for males and 95mm (3.7 in) for females. The insect is found in deciduous forest throughout North America, where it eats many types of plant foliage. Even though the common walkingstick is a generalist it does tend to prefer foliage from oak and hazelnut trees.

Another food tree is the black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia). Adults are present in August and September in the northern part of the range, but because of their tendency to feed high in the canopy, the insects are seldom seen. The stick insect life cycle is hemimetabolous, proceeding through a series of nymphal stages. Breeding takes place in late summer after the nymph has moulted for the last time and become an adult.

The two nymphs were reared to adulthood, and the new species was described and named in 2010. Its genus name is taken from the type locality of Te Paki (or North Cape), and its species name is from the Ngāti Kurī people of Northland, whose area of interest includes Te Paki. Tepakiphasma ngatikuri is a moderately large (10 cm) stick insect, slender and wingless. Its body is mottled grey and brown, with no spines and sparsely- scattered tubercles.

From what has been observed, A. inermis reproduces entirely asexually through a process called parthenogenesis. Given that they haven't been seen to reproduce sexually at all they can be called obligately parthenogenic. Some other species of stick insect are facultatively parthenogenic meaning they can reproduce both sexually and asexually. The female of the species which appears to be the only members that are produced is able to spit her egg cells and recombine them to produce clones of herself.

The Lord Howe Island Group of islands comprises 28 islands, islets, and rocks. Apart from Lord Howe Island itself, the most notable of these is the pointed rocky islet Balls Pyramid, a eroded volcano about to the southeast, which is uninhabited by humans but bird-colonised. It contains the only known wild population of the Lord Howe Island stick insect, formerly thought to be extinct. To the north is the Admiralty Group, a cluster of seven small, uninhabited islands.

Each campaniform sensillum consists of a flexible dome, which is embedded in a socket within the cuticle and innervated by the dendrites of a single bipolar sensory neuron (see schematic cross-section). Campaniform sensilla are often oval-shaped with long axes of about 5-10 µm (see SEM). Distribution of groups of campaniform sensilla on a stick insect leg (anterior view). The inset shows a top view of the two groups on the dorsal trochanter (G3 and G4).

They move from Leicester to Ashby-de-la-Zouch with their dog (only ever referred to as "the dog", who is eventually replaced by "the new dog"). Adrian's paternal grandmother Edna May Mole is also prominent in the early diaries until her death in The Wilderness Years. Pauline first leaves George for their neighbour, Mr. Lucas, an insurance man. George fathers a second son, Brett, by a lover, Doreen Slater, whom Adrian privately refers to as "Stick Insect".

It grows to over 30 cm (12 in) long and is known for its slow- moving stick-like appearance. In A-Z of Barbados Heritage, the species is discussed thus: > Godhorse. The local name of unknown origin for the walking stick insect > which may grow to 33 cm. ... Many people are afraid of it, on the grounds > that if given a chance, it will crawl into a human ear, though there is no > record of any having done so.

Conlephasma enigma is a wingless, ground-dwelling species of stick insect in the monotypic genus Conlephasma, and is found on Mount Halcon, on the Philippine island of Mindoro. The species is brightly coloured, with males having a dark bluish-green head and legs, and a bright orange body with bluish-black triangle-shaped spots on the back. Females are less brightly coloured. It sprays a foul-smelling liquid, from glands behind its head, to repel predators.

The stick insects were once very common on Lord Howe Island, where they were used as bait in fishing. They were believed to have become extinct soon after the supply ship SS Makambo ran aground on the island in 1918, allowing black rats to become established. After 1920, no stick insects could be found. However, in 1964, a team of climbers visiting Ball's Pyramid, a rocky sea stack south-east of Lord Howe Island, discovered a dead Lord Howe Island stick insect.

The spiny stick insect (Heteropteryx dilatata) of Malaysia does not reach the extreme lengths of its cousins, the body reaching up to long, but it is much bulkier. The largest Heteropteryx weighed about and was wide across the thickest part of the body. ;Lice (Phthiraptera) :These insects, which live parasitically on other animals, are as a rule quite small. The largest known species is the hog louse, Haematopinus suis, a sucking louse that lives on large livestock like pigs and cattle.

During her time on the reality television show, she was required to do various 'bushtucker' trials, which involved her eating various creatures such as a stick insect and a witchety grub, as well as being placed in a dark, water-filled coffin with rats for ten minutes. She also fell out with fellow contestant Lord Brocket during the programme. She took part in a celebrity episode of The Chase in 2011, where she won £20,000 for the Devon Air Ambulance Trust.

LAURON is a six-legged walking robot, which is being developed at the Forschungszentrum Informatik Karlsruhe (FZI) in Germany. The mechanics and the movements of the robot are biologically-inspired, mimicking the stick insect Carausius Morosus. The development of the LAURON walking robot started with basic research in field of six-legged locomotion in the early 1990s and led to the first robot, called LAURON. In the year 1994, this robot was presented to public at the CeBIT in Hanover.

Earlier Space Shuttle missions included grade school, junior high and high school projects; some of these included ants, stick insect eggs and brine shrimp cysts. Other science missions included gypsy moth eggs. On 12 July 2006, Bigelow Aerospace launched their Genesis I inflatable space module, containing many small items such as toys and simple experiments chosen by company employees that would be observed via camera. These items included insects, perhaps making it the first private flight to launch animals into space.

LobofemoraBresseel J, Constant J (2015) "The new genus of stick insect Lobofemora from Vietnam, with the description of three new species (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Clitumnini)." European Journal of Taxonomy 115: 1–25 is a genus of stick insects in the subfamily Clitumninae. Species have known distributions from National Parks in Vietnam. The type species is L. scheirei, the males of which are able to stridulate by rubbing the outer margins of the tegmina against the subcostal and radial veins of the alae.

Anisomorpha paromalus (male) - reared in captivity in the UK Walking Stick -- Anisomorpha Anisomorpha is a genus of walking stick insect capable of secreting a substance from glands on the metathorax that can cause an intense burning irritation of the eyes and mouth of potential predators on contact. In some cases, this causes temporary blindness. Species are found throughout the mainland Central, northern South America, and the southeastern United States. The adult female is larger than the male in length and width.

Bragg, P.E. [editor] (1996) Species in culture. Mantis Study Group Newsletter, 1: 2–3. The Independent described the "giant Asian praying mantis" as "part stick insect with a touch of Buddhist monk", and stated that they needed a vivarium around 30 cm (12 in) on each side. The Daily South argued that a pet insect was no weirder than a pet rat or ferret, and that while a pet mantis was unusual, it would not "bark, shed, [or] need shots or a litter box".

Both these areas were isolated from the rest of New Zealand during the Pliocene, and are home to several endemic species. Outside these areas C. tepaki is replaced by the species Clitarchus hookeri. C. tepaki was described and formally named by Buckley, Myers, and Bradler in 2014. Its species name, "tepaki", refers to its type locality, which is known to be a centre of endemism for many species of plants and invertebrates, such as Leucopogon xerampelinus, Placostylus ambagiosus, and the stick insect Tepakiphasma ngatikuri.

Aposematic display of flightless stick insect with brachypterous wings Brachyptery is an anatomical condition in which an animal has very reduced wings. Such animals or their wings may be described as "brachypterous". Brachypterous wings generally are not functional as organs of flight and often seem to be totally functionless and vestigial. In some species however, wings that are vestigial in the sense of not retaining any function related to flight, may have other functions, such as organs of aposematic display in some Orthoptera and Phasmatodea.

Phryganistria tamdaoensis is a species of stick insect belonging to the family of giant sticks. It was described in 2014 based on specimens from the Tam Đảo National Park in Vietnam, hence, the specific name tamdaoensis. It was described by Joachim Bresseel and Jérôme Constant, biologists of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS). In the same paper they also reported the discovery of another new subspecies, Phryganistria heusii yentuensis, which – measuring 32 cm long – is the second biggest insect known to date.

The first specimens were collected in August 2010 by J. Constant and P. Limbourg, both of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, from Tam Đảo National Park in northwestern Vietnam. Since then more specimens were collected every year from different localities, including the Da Krong Nature Reserve and Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve. However, they are so far only seen within central and north Vietnam. It was described as new species of stick insect in 2014 in the journal European Journal of Taxonomy.

Peruphasma schultei is a species of stick insect found in the Cordillera del Condor region of northern Peru. In the wild the insect feeds on Schinus plants, but will feed on privet, Aucuba japonica and honeysuckle in captivity. In Peru they are only known to exist in a region of less than 5 hectares, but since their discovery they have become increasingly popular as pets worldwide due to their unusual colouration and they are now bred regularly in captivity. It is named after Rainer Schulte, who collected the original specimens.

Tepakiphasma ngatikuri is a stick insect of the family Phasmatidae, endemic to a single patch of forest near the northernmost tip of the North Island, New Zealand. It was not discovered until 2008, and is the only member of the genus Tepakiphasma. Nymphs of T. ngatikuri were first collected in Radar Bush, Te Paki Recreation Reserve, in December 2008. Radar Bush, a 65 ha forest remnant 9.5 km south-east of Cape Reinga, is home to several very localised Northland species such as the slight skink (Oligosoma levidensum) and Bartlett's rātā (Metrosideros bartlettii).

They may share some or all of the tasks involved: for example, a breeding pair of birds may split building a nest, incubating the eggs and feeding and protecting the young. The term is not generally used when a male has a harem of females, such as with mountain gorillas. True breeding pairs are usually found only in vertebrates, but there are notable exceptions, such as the Lord Howe Island stick insect. True breeding pairs are rare in amphibians or reptiles, although the Australian Shingleback is one exception with long-term pair-bonds.

This is a short part of the life cycle and the last before the insect reaches the stage of reproduction The adult stage of a stick insect generally lasts six months to a year, during this period the animal's life is devoted to feeding and reproduction. A. inermis spends most of its life on trees, eating leaves in relative safety. Acanthoxyla inermis seems to reproduce entirely asexually so while she feeds the female drops her eggs without having to move or compete with other members of her species for mates.

Plate 8 from "The Monograph of the Genus Phasma" by George Robert Gray This species is relatively common in captivity. It is used in laboratories, kept for projects in schools (as is Carausius morosus), and is a popular pet among breeders of exotic insects in North America and Europe. One breeder advises specifically "For a stick insect with body length 127mm, to keep 2 adult females, you need a cage at least 600mm high, 300mm deep and 300mm wide." Although the gestation period of their eggs is several months long, they are prolific breeders.

Vidal, the son of a famed commander who died in Morocco, believes strongly in Falangism and has been assigned to hunt down republican rebels. A large stick insect, which Ofelia believes to be a fairy, leads Ofelia into an ancient stone labyrinth, but she is stopped by Vidal's housekeeper Mercedes, who is secretly supporting her brother Pedro and other rebels. That night, the insect appears in Ofelia's bedroom, where it transforms into a fairy and leads her through the labyrinth. There, she meets a faun, who believes she is the reincarnation of Princess Moanna.

More than 20 species of dragonflies have been recorded, most of them breeding on site. In particular this is the only site in the Mendips for the Downy Emerald. There are numerous species of water bug including Water stick-insect (Ranatra linearis) and also all British species of amphibian, except for the Natterjack Toad, in good breeding numbers. The site was worked for lead for many centuries, probably 2000 years until 1908, and the earlier workings were obliterated by those of the Victorians which left a legacy of pools, mounds and spoil heaps.

Bdelloid rotifers reproduce exclusively asexually, and all individuals in the class Bdelloidea are females. Asexuality evolved in these animals millions of years ago and has persisted since. There is evidence to suggest that asexual reproduction has allowed the animals to evolve new proteins through the Meselson effect that have allowed them to survive better in periods of dehydration. Molecular evidence strongly suggests that several species of the stick insect genus Timema have used only asexual (parthenogenetic) reproduction for millions of years, the longest period known for any insect.

Several species of stick insect and their elaborate camouflage are shown. However, none of these methods of protection pose problems to army ants, which can subdue any of their prey, simply by virtue of their size and vast numbers. The Harris hawk is unusual, since it hunts in teams, and a group of six are shown practising their skill in the desert of New Mexico. The final sequence depicts a troop of chimpanzees displaying strategy and co-ordination as it successfully pursues colobus monkeys through a forest in the Ivory Coast.

He is desperate to avoid his wife's wrath, and his plans often conflict with hers, but he mostly fails to stand up to her. She is often verbally abusive towards him (describing him as "an ageing, brilliantined stick insect") and though he is much taller than Sybil, he often finds himself on the receiving end of her temper, expressed verbally and physically. Basil does occasionally manage to gain the upper hand. In "The Kipper and the Corpse", Sybil refuses to help Basil dispose of the body of recently deceased guest Mr. Leeman.

She is often verbally abusive (describing him as "an ageing, brilliantined stick insect") but although he towers over her, he often finds himself on the receiving end of her temper, verbally and physically (as in "The Builders"). Basil usually turns to Manuel or Polly to help him with his schemes, while trying his best to keep Sybil from discovering them. However, Basil occasionally laments the time when there was passion in their relationship, now seemingly lost. Also, it appears he still does care for her, and actively resists the flirtations of a French guest in one episode.

The flat-tail horned lizard similarly relies on a combination of methods: it is adapted to lie flat in the open desert, relying on stillness, its cryptic coloration, and concealment of its shadow to avoid being noticed by predators. In the ocean, the leafy sea dragon sways mimetically, like the seaweeds amongst which it rests, as if rippled by wind or water currents. Swaying is seen also in some insects, like Macleay's spectre stick insect, Extatosoma tiaratum. The behaviour may be motion crypsis, preventing detection, or motion masquerade, promoting misclassification (as something other than prey), or a combination of the two.

He and his entourage of animals return to the Queen, just in time to save her life. One of his friends, a stick insect, he had left behind to watch after the Queen reveals that one of the royal chairmen named Lord Thomas Badgley, was the culprit that attempted to assassinate her with the poison in her drink. Queen Victoria has him arrested for treason. Having once again found purpose and learning to cope with the sadness he feels in coping with the passing of his wife, Dolittle reopens his animal sanctuary and officially hires his young apprentice, Tommy Stubbins.

The camouflaged stick insect Medauroidea extradentata Walking sticks (order Phasmatodea), many katydid species (family Tettigoniidae), and moths (order Lepidoptera) are just a few of the insects that have evolved specialized cryptic morphology. This adaptation allows them to hide within their environment because of a resemblance to the general background or an inedible object. When an insect looks like an inedible or inconsequential object in the environment that is of no interest to a predator, such as leaves and twigs, it is said to display mimesis, a form of crypsis. Insects may also take on different types of camouflage, another type of cypsis.

Ramulus westwoodii is a species of stick insect first described by James Wood- Mason in 1873 and named in honour of John O. Westwood.Otte & Brock (2005), Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the World, The Insect Diversity Association at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1-414Kirby (1904), A synonymic catalog of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria and Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae), The Trustees of the British Museum, London 1: 1-501Brunner von Wattenwyl (1907) (Brunner and Redtenbacher 1906-08, published in three parts: Redtenbacher 1906, 1908; Brunner 1907), Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden.

Stick insect species that are the product of hybridisation are usually obligate parthenogens, but non-hybrids are facultative parthenogens, meaning they retain the ability to mate and their sexual behavior depends on the presence and abundance of males. Phasmatodea eggs resemble seeds in shape and size and have hard shells. They have a lid-like structure called an operculum at the anterior pole, from which the nymph emerges during hatching. The eggs vary in the length of time before they hatch which varies from 13 to more than 70 days, with the average around 20 to 30 days.

For his work on Frasier, Pierce was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Emmy a record eleven consecutive years, winning in 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2004. Pierce also appeared alongside Jodie Foster in Little Man Tate, with Anthony Hopkins in Oliver Stone's Nixon (1995), and with Ewan McGregor in Down With Love (2003). He provided the voice for Doctor Doppler in Disney's 42nd animated feature, Treasure Planet, Slim, a stick insect in Pixar's A Bug's Life and Abe Sapien in Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy. In his role in Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Pierce played the brother of Meg Ryan's character, a professor at Johns Hopkins University.

Swaying behaviour is practised by highly cryptic animals such as the leafy sea dragon, the stick insect Extatosoma tiaratum, and mantises. These animals resemble vegetation with their coloration, strikingly disruptive body outlines with leaflike appendages, and the ability to sway effectively like the plants that they mimic. E. tiaratum actively sways back and forth or side to side when disturbed or when there is a gust of wind, with a frequency distribution like foliage rustling in the wind. This behaviour may represent motion crypsis, preventing detection by predators, or motion masquerade, promoting misclassification (as something other than prey), or a combination of the two, and has accordingly also been described as a form of motion camouflage.

Pierce is known for his distinctive voice and, like his Frasier co-star, Kelsey Grammer, is often called upon to provide voice work. His notable roles include the narrator of the movie The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human in 1999, the walking stick insect "Slim" in A Bug's Life, Dr. Delbert Doppler in Disney's film Treasure Planet, and amphibian Abe Sapien in Hellboy. Pierce declined to be credited for his Hellboy role because he felt it was the performance of Doug Jones, and not his own voice, which ultimately brought the character of Abe Sapien to life. He was the voice for "Drix", a cold pill, in the animated comedy Osmosis Jones.

As they had hoped, they discovered a population of the Lord Howe Island stick insect living in an area of , at a height of above the shoreline, under a single M. howeana shrub. The population was extremely small, with only 24 individuals. Two pairs were brought to mainland Australia, and new populations have been successfully bred with the ultimate goal of reintroduction to Lord Howe Island. In 2014 an unauthorised climbing team sighted live stick insects in an exposed position 65 metres below the summit of Ball's Pyramid in a thicket of sedge plants, suggesting that the insect's range on Ball's Pyramid is more widespread than previously held and its food preferences are not limited to Melaleuca howeana.

Mating pair of Anisomorpha buprestoides The life cycle of the stick insect begins when the female deposits her eggs through one of these methods of oviposition: she will either flick her egg to the ground by a movement of the ovipositor or her entire abdomen, carefully place the eggs in the axils of the host plant, bury them in small pits in the soil, or stick the eggs to a substrate, usually a stem or leaf of the food plant. A single female lays from 100 to 1,200 eggs after mating, depending on the species. Many species of phasmids are parthenogenic, meaning the females lay eggs without needing to mate with males to produce offspring. Eggs from virgin mothers are entirely female and hatch into nymphs that are exact copies of their mothers.

Also, the chemical defenses (secretions, reflex bleeding, regurgitation) of the individual stick insect are enhanced when two are paired. Females survive attacks by predators significantly better when pairing, largely because the dorsal position of the male functions well as a shield. This could indicate that manipulation by females is taking place: if females accept ejaculate at a slow rate, for instance, the males are forced to remain in copulo for longer and the female's chances of survival are enhanced. Also, evolution could have simply favored males that remained attached to their females longer, since females are often less abundant than males and represent a valuable prize, so for the lucky male, even the sacrifice of his own life to preserve his offspring with the female may be worthwhile.