Stick bugs are also commonly called: Stick insects Walking sticks Bug sticks These names are all based on the fact that the stick bug’s long body resembles a living stick or the stalk of a leaf.

A Your description nailed the common name -- it is a walking stick insect. We have several species ... So, if it is a chinaberry, isn't the fruit toxic? But if it's a strawberry tree, then is ...

A twig is actually just one of many disguises for the Australian walking stick insect. The Australian walking stick is a master of deception, but a twig is just one of its many disguises.

Several readers have asked me to identify giant insects in photographs they have sent. So far all the photos show female Texas giant walking sticks. The Texas giant walking stick is typically ...

Walking leaves are a part of the phasmatodea order, which is colloquially referred to as containing “phasmids” or “stick and leaf insects.” As a group, stick and leaf insects look exactly ...