Order Phasmatodea

COMMON NAME: WALKING STICKS

The Phasmatodae are elongated, sticklike insects with chewing mouthparts. Most are wingless or nearly so. Legs are long and spaced far apart. Antennae are long and many segmented. Metamorphosis is gradual, the life stages being the egg, nymph, and adult. Walkingsticks feed on the leaves of plants.

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Examples

Walking stick from display case in Waters Hall

Family: Heteronemiidae

Diapheromera veli - common walkingsticks

size: 3-31/4 (77-83mm)

Habitat: Found on bushes or low herbage in sandy areas.

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