By Ally and Ganga

What are stick insects? Stick insects are thin stick like insects which live where there is enough trees (with leaves) to eat. They can be either green or brown.

Life Cycle Eggs Nymphs Adult This is the life cycle of a stick insect. It includes three stages- eggs, nymphs and adults.

Which stick insects are around us? There are a lot of different types of stick insects in Australia.

How do stick insects behave? Behaviour of a Stick Insect is very unusual for insect species. Stick Insects make show rocking behaviour movements, and makes a rhythmic side to side move. When a predator is around they drop off the branch they are on and pretend to be dead.

Where do stick insects live? Legend Land Water Sighting Searching For Green Blue Black Gray This diagram represents the places in Australia that stick insects have been and could be found.

Fun Facts!! Sometimes the female is larger than the male, but the male’s antenna no matter what is longer than the females. Stick Insects are the longest insect in the world, lots of the species are measured around half a metre with their legs folded out Some of the Stick Insect species, also the 70 Australian ones have wings they are small and useless. Did you know that Stick Insects are also called Walking Sticks? Stick Insects moult. The new skin is very soft and hardens when air touches it. Some stick insect moult five or six times before they are adults. Stick Insects have long bodies Did you know that stick insects can lay over 1,000 eggs in one go.

Species of Stick Insects These are some common species of stick insects.

Recourses These are the sites and books we used to find the information. Web Sites Books Bug Books- Stick Insect- Heinemann First Library by Karen Hartley, Chris Macro and Philip Taylor