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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Walkingsticks (Phasmatodea)

Order Phasmatodea - Walkingsticks

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Two-striped Walkingstick, mating - Anisomorpha buprestoides - male - female Walkingstick Mating pair of two-striped walking sticks? - Anisomorpha buprestoides Northern Walkingstick - Diapheromera femorata Walking Stick - Megaphasma denticrus Black and Yellow pair - Anisomorpha buprestoides Northern Walking Stick - Diapheromera femorata - male I'm thinking this is a female twostriped walkingstick Anisomorpha buprestoides. Am I correct? - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Phasmatodea (Walkingsticks)
Other Common Names
Sticks
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phasmida is largely (?) synonymous.
Numbers
Insects of Cedar Creek lists 4 North American families, 29 species.
Identification
Body and legs very long and slender. No wings (one species in Florida has very short wings).
Range
Largely tropical, most species are found in the South, a few in the North.
Habitat
Usually found on trees or shrubs.
Food
Plant feeders.
Print References
(1)
Arment, C. 2005. Stick Insects of the Continental United States and Canada: Species and Early Studies. Coachwhip Publications, Landisville, PA. 202 pp.
Internet References
Tree of Life
Insects of Cedar Creek
Texas Walkingsticks - Mike Quinn
Works Cited
1.A Field Guide to Insects
By Richard E. White, Donald J. Borror, Roger Tory Peterson
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn
Last updated 29 May, 2008 - 11:32am

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