Arthropods: Stick Bug
By: Ethan Carter
Stick Bug Information
The scientific name for the stick bug is the phasmatodea. A male stick bug can only live up to 3 or 4 months while a female can live up to a year.
Diagram of Stick Bug
This diagram describes the exterior of the Indian walking stick also known as the "stick bug". The "stick bug's" body shape and color allows it to blend in with trees so it can hide when in danger.
Stick Bug Eating
The phasmatodea also known as the "stick bug" is a herbivore and its diet usually includes eating leaves.
Stick Bug Habitat
The "stick bug" primarily lives in the forest or woods depending are where it is the reason they live here is because the look like sticks so they can hide on trees when in danger.
The stick bug's geographical home.
The area with the lighter shade of yellow is the range of space where the stick bug primarily resides.
The Stick Bug Life Cycle
The stick bug starts out as an egg. Then the egg hatches and the egg is wet so the baby needs to dry. Once it dries it sheds skin, and keeps shedding skin until it becomes an adult. Then it mates with another stick bug and the process starts over again.