Stick Insects
Order Phasmatodea
131 speciesMasters of camouflage that resemble twigs, leaves, or bark. Some species can reproduce parthenogenetically and many can regenerate lost limbs.
Species in this Order
Sipyloidea Tuberculata Stick Insect
Sipyloidea tuberculata
A winged stick insect from southern China with small tubercles along its thorax. It was recently des...
South American Walking Stick
Ctenomorpha gargantua
An extremely long stick insect that can reach over 250 mm in body length, making it one of the longe...
South American Walkingstick
Ocnophiloidea longipes
A long-legged tropical walkingstick from the forests of South America. Its elongated legs help it br...
Spanish Stick Insect
Leptynia hispanica
A small, slender European stick insect found across the Iberian Peninsula. It is one of the few phas...
Spiny Leaf Insect
Phyllium westwoodii
A large leaf insect with a bright green flat body edged with small teeth-like spines. The female bod...
Stratocles Walkingstick
Stratocles multilineatus
A multi-lined walkingstick from South America with several faint longitudinal stripes. It is found i...
Strong Stick Insect
Anchiale briareus
One of the longest insects in Australia, with a slender body that can exceed 270 mm. Females are sig...
Sun Moth Stick Insect
Epidares nolimetangere
A chunky dark brown stick insect covered in dense spines and thorns from Borneo. Females are wingles...
Sunda Colugo Stick Insect
Asceles tanarata
A very slender, elongated stick insect found in the highlands of Southeast Asia. It is bright green ...
Sunny Stick Insect
Sungaya inexpectata
A small, chunky stick insect covered in short spines and tubercles, native to the Philippines. It is...
Tahoe Timema
Timema tahoe
A small timema found near Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains. It inhabits coniferous forests ...
Tessellated Stick Insect
Tessulata tessulata
A brown patterned stick insect covered in tessellated scale-like markings that resemble rough bark. ...
Tethered Walkingstick
Manomera tenuescens
A very thin, elongated walkingstick from the eastern United States. It is among the most slender of ...
Texan Walkingstick
Diapheromera texana
A walkingstick found in sandy habitats of western Texas and New Mexico. It is well adapted to arid, ...
Thorn-legged Stick Insect
Aretaon asperrimus
A heavily armored stick insect covered in sharp thorns and spines across its entire body. Its brown ...
Thorny Devil Stick Insect
Eurycantha calcarata
A massive, heavily armored stick insect from New Guinea with powerful spiny hind legs. Males have a ...
Titan Stick Insect
Acrophylla titan
One of the longest stick insects in Australia and among the longest insects in the world. Females ca...
Tobelo Leaf Insect
Phyllium tobeloense
A leaf insect named after the Tobelo region of Halmahera Island in Indonesia. It closely mimics the ...
Trachyaretaon Stick Insect
Phryganistria heusii
A very large stick insect discovered in Vietnam, with females exceeding 30 cm in body length. It has...
Two-Striped Walking Stick
Anisomorpha buprestoides
A stout stick insect with two bold stripes running down its body, common in the southeastern United ...
Unarmed Stick Insect
Clitarchus tepaki
A smooth-bodied stick insect endemic to the far north of New Zealand. It is slimmer than its relativ...
Velvet Stick Insect
Peruphasma schultei
A jet-black velvety stick insect with bright red vestigial wings found in one small area....
Versine Stick Insect
Eurycnema versirubra
A large, bright green Australian stick insect with red coloring at the base of its wings. It is freq...
Vietnamese Stick Insect
Medauroidea extradentata
A large, smooth-bodied stick insect commonly kept as a pet and used in school biology classes. It re...
Vietnamese Walking Stick
Baculum extradentatum
A long, thin stick insect with small teeth along its middle legs. It is one of the most commonly kep...
Walking Leaf
Phyllium philippinicum
Perhaps the most remarkable camouflage in the insect world — an entire insect that looks exactly lik...
Wangpeng's Stick Insect
Neohirasea wangpengi
A recently described stick insect from China named after the entomologist Wang Peng. It has a dark b...
Water Stick Insect
Ranatra linearis
Despite its common name, this is actually a true bug (Hemiptera) that resembles a stick insect and l...
Westwood's Leaf Insect
Cryptophyllium westwoodii
A large leaf insect named after the entomologist John Obadiah Westwood. Females are broad and bright...
Winged Stick Insect
Megacrania batesii
A large bright green stick insect with well-developed wings that can fly short distances. It feeds o...
Zhao Stick Insect
Phryganistria chinensis
The longest insect ever measured at 64 cm with legs extended. Discovered in 2014 in Guangxi, China. ...