Transcript Stick Insects

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
This is the life
cycle of a stick
insect.
Eggs
Nymphs
It includes three
stages- eggs,
nymphs and
adults.
Adult
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?
This diagram represents the
places in Australia that stick
insects have been and could be
found.
Legend
Green
Blue
Black
Gray
Land
Water
Sighting
Searching
For
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
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2008/october/worlds-longest-insect-revealed.html
http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2008/10/17/bug-cp-5696677.jpg
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Leaf-and-Stick-Insects-Order-Phasmatodea
http://miller.emu.id.au/pmiller/books/stick-insects/index.html
http://www.friendsofthephasmid.org.au/site/1437587/page/889789
http://www.idlab.ento.vt.edu/IDLad/insect_orders/phasmida.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/stick_insect
www.geocites.com/brisbane_hoppers/StickInsect.html
http://www.brookview.karoo.net/Stick_Insects/Natural_History/natural_history.html
http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/phasmatodea.html
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_hoppers/images/wpeB4.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/104/300296014_400f2e77eb.jpg
http://www.freewebs.com/christiemay3/Ctenomophodes%20briareus%20female.jpg
http://www.centralpets.com/php/search/storiesdisplay.php?Story=283
Books
Bug Books- Stick Insect- Heinemann First Library by Karen Hartley, Chris Macro and Philip Taylor