Arizona walkingstick
The Arizona walkingstick is a long, thin, brown insect that looks just like a twig. It lives in the dry lands of Arizona, New Mexico and northern Mexico. It mostly comes out at night to munch on desert bushes.
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It can be up to about 15 centimetres long, about as long as a pencil.
It is usually active at night and stays still during the day.
It is also called the creosote walking stick, after one of the bushes it eats.
Being brown and stick-shaped helps it hide among dry branches.
Most asked questions about Arizona walkingstick
?Is the Arizona walkingstick dangerous?
No. It has no venom and no stinger.
?What does the Arizona walkingstick eat?
Leaves of desert bushes, such as globemallow and creosote bush.
?How big is the Arizona walkingstick?
About 7.5 to 15 centimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Diapheromera arizonensis
- Group
- Stick and leaf insects
- Family
- Diapheromeridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Phasmatodea > Diapheromeridae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Creosote walking stick
Where the facts come from
- Diapheromera arizonensis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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