Giant walkingstick
The giant walkingstick is the longest insect in North America. It looks just like a long green or brown twig with legs. It hides among the branches and munches leaves.
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Fun facts
Females are much bigger than males, but the males are more colourful.
Its eggs can take about 10 months to hatch, maybe even 2 years.
Even though the egg takes so long, the grown-up only lives for about 50 days.
A mother can lay eggs that hatch even without a father.
Its name denticrus means tooth leg, because of the spikes on its legs.
Most asked questions about Giant walkingstick
?How big is the giant walkingstick?
It can grow up to about 18 centimetres long, as long as a pencil.
?What does the giant walkingstick eat?
Leaves of grasses, grapevines and trees like oak and elm.
?Is the giant walkingstick dangerous?
No. It is completely harmless.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Megaphasma denticrus
- Named by
- Stål, 1875
- Group
- Stick and leaf insects
- Family
- Diapheromeridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Phasmatodea > Diapheromeridae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Megaphasma denticrus (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 Meghan Cassidy. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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