Photo by:
Dorling Kindersley
Walkingstick, also stick insect, common name for insect so named because it closely resembles a twig of the plants on which most species of walkingsticks live.
Photo by:
Dorling Kindersley
The insect's body is long and slender, the legs are also twiglike, and the wings are sometimes absent, sometimes rudimentary, and sometimes
leaflike. Walkingsticks are found mostly in tropical climates, where some species are known to grow to a length exceeding 30 cm (12 in).
Scientific classification: Walkingsticks belong to the order Phasmida.