Stick Insect Family Album

Mum and the kids

Stick Insect females can lay hundreds of eggs in their lifetime.

Now I’ve grown bigger I can eat big leathery leaves

When they are young Stick Insects can only eat the soft new leaves.

Australia has 150 speciesof Stick and Leaf Insects.

Get together with the rels.

My new outfit.

Like all insects, Stick Insects must shed their skin to grow.

Billy comes of age – now he can fly!

Insect’s wings become fully functional when they reach adulthood.

Phew that was close!

Stick Insects rely on camouflage to escape predators.

Baby is off to a flying start

Female Stick Insects flicktheir eggs as they are laid.