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香港生物多樣性博物館
HONG KONG BIODIVERSITY MUSEUM
研究 • 教育 • 保存 Research • Education • Preservation
Distribution:
Every continent except Antarctica
Habitat:
On trees in woodlands and tropical forests, mostly in temperate and tropical regions
Diet:
Leaves of trees and shrubs
Number of species globally
3000
Number of species in Hong Kong :
18
Morphology
(how to recognize them) :
-Long, cylindrical body like stick or leaf
-Leg segments long and slender
-Wings often reduced or absent
-Prothorax shorter than meso- or metathorax
Diagram
Did you know ?
Stick insects may sway back and forth to more closely resemble a twig moving in the wind. Although called walking sticks, they can walk very fast like running sticks!
Gallery
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