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	Insect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Insects may be found in nearly all environments on the planet, although only a small number of species have adapted to life in the oceans where crustaceans tend to predominate.
		Insects are the only invertebrates to have developed flight, and this has played an important part in their success.
		Insect walking is of particular interest as an alternative form of locomotion to the use of wheels for robots (Robot locomotion).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Insect (3660 words)

	Lord Howe Island stick insect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lord Howe Island stick insect was thought to be extinct by 1930, only to be rediscovered in 2001, this phenomenon is also known as the "Lazarus effect." It is extinct in its largest habitat, Lord Howe Island.
		Adult Lord Howe Island stick insects can measure up to 15cm in length and weigh 25 grams with females bigger than males, and for their size are sometimes called land lobsters.
		The stick insects were once very common on Lord Howe Island, where they were once used as baits in fishing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lord_Howe_Island_stick_insect (586 words)

	Meet SA's longest stick insect
		It is also possibly the longest insect in the world described this millennium and could possibly be the longest described this millennium given that most of the largest insects in the world were already described in the last three centuries of the previous millennium.
		Giant stick insects are particularly interesting because of their size and weight and the fact that some of them can fly with their relatively small wings.
		Several specimens of this insect were collected and preserved in museums, but they looked so similar to other giant stick insects that it required an expert to recognize that this is a new species of stick insect.
	www.scienceinafrica.co.za /2004/september/stickinsect.htm (918 words)

	Titan Stick Insect, the Longest Insect - Acrophylla titan
		Stick Insects are not easily seen for their heavily camouflage.
		This stick insect is brown in colour with forewings 3mm and hind wings 5mm in length.
		Also when I disturbed the stick insects, one of the defence mechanism I noticed was they try to put their front pair of legs straight in front of their head and make themselves look as large as possible.
	www.geocities.com /brisbane_hoppers/Titan.htm (1636 words)

	Stick insect forces evolutionary rethink - 15 January 2003 - New Scientist
		The lowly stick insect has forced a rethink of one of the key rules of evolution - that complex anatomical features do not disappear and reappear over the course of time.
		The 60 per cent of stick insects that do not sport wings will, this thinking goes, have jettisoned them along their evolutionary journey so they could expend more energy on reproduction and less on flying.
		If the same were true for stick insects, there would be an evolutionary pressure to stop wing genes from mutating, even in the insects that did not have wings.
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn3269 (474 words)

	Ecuadorian Stick Insect Bacteria spp.
		Walking Stick insects are among the largest insects in the world reaching over 12" in length.
		These tropical insects are typically stick-like, with their legs spaced far apart on their elongated thorax.
		Stick insects are considered to be the longest insects reaching over 12 inches in the Pharnacia genus.
	www.insects.org /entophiles/phasmida/phas_001.html (163 words)

	Stick and Leaf Insects - Order Phasmatodea
		When disturbed, some stick insects, such as the Goliath Stick Insect, will display the bright red colour under its wings and the eyes-pattern between the thorax and hind legs, together with swishing sound apparently coming from the wings.
		We also noticed that some stick insects that we found, some of their legs are missing, or some legs are a little bit smaller than normal.
		We also notice that the number of stick insects is very low when comparing with other insects, such as grasshoppers, which they live in similar habitat.
	www.geocities.com /brisbane_hoppers/StickInsect.htm (1165 words)

	Choosing a Stick Insect - PetPlace.com
		A standard 10-gallon terrarium will make a fine home for your insects, but regardless of the container you use it should be tall enough to allow them to hang from twigs and leaves, especially when they are molting.
		Some species, such as the Indian stick insect, can survive almost anywhere on a variety of leaves, making them potential pests, so a secure lid with a fine mesh screen is important to prevent escapes.
		Stick insects are vegetarians and will do fine on a regular supply of leaves.
	www.petplace.com /reptiles/choosing-a-stick-insect/page1.aspx (804 words)

	Ladywildlife's Aarvark Page
		Another characteristic that makes this insect so unusual is its ability to produce young without mating — some populations consist entirely of mature females and their offspring, all exact replicas of each other.
		A green stick insect blends into a grass stem or leaf by clinging with its tail to a twig and extending its forelimbs above its head.
		Stick insects find mates easily in groups, but scattered females attract mates by emitting a pheromone, a seductive scent.
	ladywildlife.com /animal/stickinsect.html (702 words)

	Phasmida (stick and leaf insects)
		The Phasmida (stick and leaf insects) are plant-eating insects often resembling sticks or broad leaves.
		A total of 34 species of stick insects have been recorded from South Africa (see checklist), with at least 8 from the Cape Peninsula (species described from the "Cape of Good Hope" could refer to anywhere from Cape Town and Grahamstown).
		Le Feuvre, W.P. The Stick Insects of the Cape Suburbs.
	www.museums.org.za /bio/insects/phasmida/index.htm (548 words)

	Stick Insect Ireland - Carausius Morosus - Common Indian Stick Insect
		Stick insects are parthenogenetic which means that they can reproduce without mating.
		When touched, the stick insect will often fall to the ground and pretend to be dead.
		It has to be tall enough to allow the stick insects to hang down vertically when moulting.
	www.stickinsect.com /insects/carausius_morosus.htm (218 words)

	Stick Insect - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Stick Insect - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Stick Insect, common name for an insect so named because it closely resembles a twig of the plants on which most species live.
		- insect resembling twig: a long brown or green insect that resembles a twig.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Stick_Insect.html (115 words)

	Discovery & Learning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Stick insects are not aggressive and have no teeth, but they do have claws on their legs than enable them to hold onto the branches as they move about the canopy of the trees.
		Stick Insects can be handled gently, and appear to show no ill effects as a result.
		Australian stick insects feed on native plants that are in their local area, commonly Eucalypts (Manna Gum), Acacias (Silver Wattle) and Callistemons (Bottle Brush).
	www.zoo.org.au /education/hs_stickinsects.htm (1339 words)

	Insects in the Wet Tropics - Leaf and Stick Insects, eg. The Peppermint Stick Insect
		The stick insects (also known as phasmatids) are more diverse and range in size from 10 or 15 cm (4 to 6 inches) to a recently discovered giant stick insect which measures 52 cm (21 inches)!
		The Peppermint Stick Insect spends all its time on the Pandanus, feeding, sheltering, mating and laying its eggs on the leaves where they roll down to the tight-fitting leaf axil to 'incubate'.
		Although the stick insects are well camouflaged to aid their invisibility to predators such as birds, their wings provide a backup defence system.
	www.wettropics.gov.au /pa/pa_stick_insects.html (551 words)

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		During the late 1800s the common walking stick, Diapheromera femorata, was such an abundant and destructive insect pest in Illinois that entomologists considered it economically important.
		During the early 1900s when the insect was common, the sound of the abundant eggs dropping in the forest was like the constant patter of rain.
		As the insect matures, it moves higher into the forest canopy from the shrub and small tree layer to the tops of big trees.
	www.inhs.uiuc.edu /chf/pub/surveyreports/jul-aug98/stick.html (548 words)

	Insects and Arthropods » Stick Insects » Northern Walking Stick Main Page
		In captivity, their enclosures should be decorated with plenty of sticks or plants to climb or feed on.
		Because Northern Walking Sticks are rather docile vegetarians, they can be kept in groups or with other insects, so long as the other insects do not attack them.
		For a single Northern Walking Stick, the smaller enclosures may be better, though the larger enclosures should be used to house multiple insects.
	www.centralpets.com /animals/insects/stick_insects/stk4386.html (654 words)

	Gordon's Phasmida Page
		Stick and Leaf-insects as their name implies are a medium sized order of insects most of which look like sticks or leaves.
		The longest insect in the world is a Stick-Insect called Pharnacia kirbyi and many other Stick-Insects are among the largest insects in the world i.e.
		Stick Insects of Britain, Europe and the Mediterranean by Paul Brock.
	www.earthlife.net /insects/phasmida.html (1317 words)

	Stick Insects as Pets
		Most Sticks come from tropical or semi-tropical environments and are happiest between 75F and 80F, though the common Indian Stick-Insect Carausius morosus and some of its relatives are happy at normal home temperatures of between 60F and 75 F or 24C.
		Not all sticks share a common need for humidity, some species such as Carausius morosus will be happy to live in a fairly open cage whereas others such as Epidares nolimetangere will require an almost if not totally enclosed cage with around 80% relative humidity.
		Regardless of this all Sticks need water and it is a good policy to thoroughly mist the inside of the cage including all the food plant material each evening before you go to bed or before lights out.
	www.earthlife.net /insects/sticks.html (1304 words)

	Stick-insects - Caresheets - Publications - Amateur Entomologists' Society
		Most stick insects are long thin animals which hang down from their food plants to shed their skins.
		Regardless of this all sticks insects need water and it is a good idea to thoroughly mist the inside of the cage including all the food plant material each evening.
		It is important to make sure that your stick insects always have plenty of fresh food, and it is often wise to take from sites away from major road ways to avoid the poisoning effects of the traffic.
	www.projects.ex.ac.uk /bugclub/sticks.html (991 words)

	Phasmids : Stick Insects
		Stick insects make fascinating pets for people of all ages.
		The picture gallery showcases hundreds of insects with descriptions, so please begin your tour of the site by taking the time to familiarise yourself with the appearance of each insect, along with its scientific name.
		I'm moving the stick insect page to a tripod server, as this will give me more space to upload photographs.
	stickinsect.tripod.com (515 words)

	A Stick Insect comes to visit
		Since stick insects are partial to rose bushes, flberries and other plants, and since they do not seem to be great at flying (some have no wings at all) it is a mystery how one might get to be up a tall building.
		This stick insect was able to walk up the insides of the windows in his car, which were tinted with a plastic layer..
		Insects of this form first appeared in the fossil record during the triassic period (the one before the jurassic) 245 - 208 million years ago - around the time the first dinosaurs appeared.
	www.firstpr.com.au /stick-insect (2249 words)

	New Insect Order Found in Southern Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Dubbed "the gladiator" (for the recent movie), the new insect is described as a cross between a stick insect, a mantid, and a grasshopper.
		It differs from a stick insect, Zompro noted, because its first body segment is the largest.
		Insects are one class within the Animal kingdom; class Insecta, as it is known, is further divided into Orders.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2002/03/0328_0328_TVstickinsect.html (583 words)

	Big 12 African Insects - Giant African Stick Insect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Giant African Stick Insect Bactrododema tiaratum from Botswana, Namibia, South Africa (known from all provinces except Eastern Cape and Free State), Swaziland and Zimbabwe is known to reach a length of 125-185mm.
		Although Giant stick insects can make very good pets, and there is a demand for specimens in insect zoos, Giant African Stick Insects have rarely been kept in captivity.
		The longest African stick insect is Bactrododema hippotaurum (263mm.).
	www.nfi.org.za /inverts/BIG12/stick.html (523 words)

	Classroom Animals and Pets - Insects and Co. - Walking Sticks
		Of the three insects mentioned, the Indian stick is the only one I have witnessed near a water dish.
		Stick insects seem marvelously adapted to eating bramble (flberry bushes).
		They are a wonderful example of “stick behaviour” because they readily fold up their legs and drop to the ground looking exactly like a bit of twig.
	www.teacherwebshelf.com /classroompets/insectsandco-walkingsticks.htm (3425 words)

	Stick Insect, Insects, Stick Insect, insect, Pictures, Catalog, Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Date : 9/11/2006 Time : 11:16:56 AM Stick insects, or walking sticks, family Phasmatidae, order Orthoptera, are plant-feeding insects so named because they are very long and slender and resemble sticks or twigs.
		Stick insects are found mainly in the tropics, reaching a length of up to 35 cm (14 in).
		Some walking sticks, when disturbed, emit a foul-smelling substance from glands in the thorax.
	www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/insectsindex.asp?counter=33 (128 words)

	The Stick Insect Hunter
		That is not exactly the scientific description of those creatures but it illustrates it well to the layman, which I assume you are since there are not many of us stick insect hunters.
		There are even fewer stick insect hunters who perfected the hunt to an art form.
		This is the point where I very cleverly wove stick insect hunting and art together.
	www.dont-touch-my.com /stickhunter.shtml (256 words)

	LORDE HOWE STICK INSECT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This list includes a few species that have since been found (like Lorde Howe's stick insect) and does not include many species now known extinct, but at least gives an estimate of the number of insects we know are extinct.The number will also vary depending whether or not subspecies are included.
		Many of the extinct insects may have been lost because of host associations, although because insects are so poorly known it is often difficult to know.
		The Rocky Mountain Grasshopper was once one of the most abundant insects in North America and was intentionally wiped out because it was an agricultural pest.
	www.eeb.uconn.edu /grads/rdunn/extinctinsects (1514 words)

	Mark David \| Giant stick insect
		It's possible that these insects, although not the heaviest insects in the world, are the longest insects in the world.
		It's not known if these insects are endangered because their camouflage is so good - they really do look like a stick - that it's hard to know if there are a lot of them in the wild or not.
		This insect is only small compared with the Titan - a mere 6 or 7 inches long.
	www.mdavid.com.au /insect/insect.html (540 words)

	Leaf and Stick Insects or Phasmids (Order Phasmatodea)
		Phasmids are insects that eat leaves and resemble leaves or sticks.
		During summer many people have found stick and leaf insects in the laundry, clinging to windows, and drowned in swimming pools.
		It is hoped that the large flightless insect (15cm long) may one day be reintroduced to its former range.
	www.amonline.net.au /factSheets/phasmids.htm (754 words)

	Stick Insects - Main
		Welcome to the British Stick Insect Foundation website, where discussion and views concerning Phasmidae (Stick Insects) are shared for the benefit of members and public in the UK and worldwide.
		As the 14th December closing date approaches, members and friends are urged to enter their Stick Insects for the annual Beauty Contest to be judged in the New Year.
		The Royal Nation Institute for the Blind (RNIB) has approved the use of Stick Insects for the partially-sighted and visually impaired, although their use as replacements for guide dogs is not being recommended until questions regarding their training can be addressed.
	www.brookview.karoo.net /Stick_Insects (307 words)

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