{"id":149,"date":"2010-04-10T06:43:27","date_gmt":"2010-04-10T13:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thaibugs.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=149"},"modified":"2010-04-10T06:43:27","modified_gmt":"2010-04-10T13:43:27","slug":"stick-insects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/?page_id=149","title":{"rendered":"Facts about stick insects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/69.93.146.30\/~thaibugs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Phasmatid5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-390\" title=\"Phasmatid5\" src=\"http:\/\/thaibugs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Phasmatid5-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Phasmatid5-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Phasmatid5.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Stick Insect Facts<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>About 3000 species of stick insects are known in the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Stick insects are strictly  vegetarian.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Walking sticks are found primarily in the temperate and tropical  regions. These creatures spend their days motionless hanging from leaves and  branches waiting until dark to feed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Stick insects can produce young without  mating \u2013 some populations consist entirely of mature females and their  offspring, all exact replicas of each other.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The walking stick has the  unusual ability of partial regeneration. If a leg is lost or damaged it will  grow back after several successive molts. By molting, or shedding its skin, the  walking stick is able to grow to an astounding size in just a few months. Once  the skin is shed the walking stick eats its own molt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The  Australian Walking Stick is well-camouflaged in its environment because it can  grow to resemble an 8-inch-long spiny branch with dead leaves for legs. The  giant prickly stick insect curls up its abdomen to mimic the scorpion attacking  with its tail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Adulthood is achieved after five or six months, and adults  live a further six months or more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Stick insects blend into their  surroundings to fool predators. Their stemlike bodies and muted colors make them  almost invisible among the foliage of their food plants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Stick  insects sway to imitate the effect of wind on vegetation. If disturbed, the  insect may drop to the ground like a dead twig.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Each stick insect egg may stay on the forest  floor for up to three years, protected by its seedlike appearance and hard  shell. Eventually the young insect emerges from its hinged shell.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The  Southeast Asian stick insect, Pharnacia serratipes, is, at 13 inches, the  longest insect in the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The males of some stick insect species have  never been found in the wild.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Some stick  insects will discourage their attackers by regurgitating their food at them or  squirting them with poison.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Some stick insects have something in common  with chameleons; they can change their colour to suit their  surroundings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Only about one in one thousand Indian Stick Insects is  male.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Sometimes when disturbed stick insects will &#8216;play dead&#8217; for a few  minutes. to trick predators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Stick Insects have suckers and claws on their feet, allowing  them to walk up vertical walls and even upside down.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stick Insect Facts About 3000 species of stick insects are known in the world. Stick insects are strictly vegetarian. Walking sticks are found primarily in the temperate and tropical regions. These creatures spend their days motionless hanging from leaves and branches waiting until dark to feed. Stick insects can produce young without mating \u2013 some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":39,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}