stick bug
Camouflaged branch dweller
A stick bug is an insect with an elongated body that resembles a twig or branch, providing camouflage against predators.
Also called a walking stick.
The name applies to various species in the order Phasmida, found worldwide in warm climates: The kids found a stick bug on the porch and watched it for an hour.
- insectSix-legged invertebrate
- twigSlender woody shoot
- tree branchWoody limb of timber
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- branchDivision or woody limb
bark · disguise · playing dead · don't move · mantis · leaf · antennae · crawling · creepy crawly · green · brown · spindly · leggy · slow · fragile · nocturnal · herbivore · molt
- insectsant, ants, bee, bees, butterfly
- stick insectsleaf insects, leaf insect
stick bugpill bug
Land crustacean, curls defensively
roly-poly · ladybug · dung beetle · scarab beetle · June bug
stick bugmonarch butterfly
Migratory orange-winged insect
poison dart frog · ladybug · firefly · jewel beetle · bumblebee
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