Parabacillus hesperus
Western Short-Horned Walking Stick Nevada, USA
Parabacillus hesperus - Western Short-Horned Walking Stick. Nevada, USA
Anisomorpha buprestoides
Two-Striped Walking Stick. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Anisomorpha ferruginea
A mating pair of two-lined walking sticks. Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Austin, Texas, USA.
Parobrimus
A spiny stick insect traverses a low branch in an Ecuadorian cloud forest. Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.
Up close with a spiny stick insect. Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.
Diapheromera femorata
Northern Walking Stick, male perched on an oak branch. Illinois, USA
Diapheromera femorata - Northern Walking Stick, female perched on an oak branch. Illinois, USA
An egg emerges from the abdomen of a Northern Walking Stick Diapheromera femorata. The eggs fall to the forest floor where they overwinter before hatching. Illinois, USA
Stick insect eggs often mimic plant seeds. These Diapheromera eggs are dispersed by ants. Illinois, USA
Northern Walking Stick, male and female. Note the clasping organs at the tip of the male's abdomen. Illinois, USA
Timema californicum
Timema represents an ancient lineage of walking sticks that are more cricket-like in appearance than most other members of the order. California, USA
A male California Timema rides the back of a female, presumably to dissuade other males from mounting her. Hastings Reserve, Carmel Valley, California, USA.
Male stick insects are often much smaller than their female counterparts. Minas Gerais, Brazil
Up close with a Brazilian stick insect. Minas Gerais, Brazil
