Phasmatodea is the order of insects known as stick insects and leaf insects, named from a Greek word for apparition or phantom for their resemblance to plant material. Beyond camouflage, many species have additional defenses such as startle displays, spines or chemical secretions, and the order includes some of the longest insects known, in genera such as Phryganistria, Ctenomorpha and Phobaeticus.
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Source Wikidata: Anisomorpha buprestoides
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Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ49381348, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Phasmatodea
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The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida or Phasmatoptera) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick bugs, walkingsticks, stick animals, or bug sticks.
Wikidata: Phasmatodea
Wikidata Q188029, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikidata: Anisomorpha buprestoides
Parent Taxon Of: Anisomorpha buprestoides, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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