Stick Insect Saved & The Missing Tree ─ leokimvideo

I found a stunning Stick Insect (looks like a stick so it can look like a tree) and this natural beauty was in a spot of trouble because the birds had found it. So lets re-locate her to a safe haven where the amazing camouflage can be far more effective. Then there is the problem of the missing 50 year old tree.

The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida or Phasmatoptera) are an order of insects, whose members are variously known as stick insects in Europe and Australasia; stick-bugs, walking sticks or bug sticks in the United States and Canada; or as phasmids, ghost insects or leaf insects (generally the family Phylliidae). The group's name is derived from the Ancient Greek φάσμα phasma, meaning an apparition or phantom, referring to the resemblance of many species to sticks or leaves. Their natural camouflage makes them difficult for predators to detect, but many species have a secondary line of defence in the form of startle displays, spines or toxic secretions. The genus Phobaeticus includes the world's longest insects.

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