Stick Insects

Carausias Morosus

A stick insect looks like a stick and can camouflage itself very well.

APPEARANCE

LOCOMOTION

A stick insect only walks around at night so it doesn’t get eaten by its enemies.

DIET

The stick insect because it lives on trees.If there are lots of stick insects on one tree the

leaves will disappear quickly.

HABITAT

A stick insect lives on trees because it looks like a stick, otherwise it would be easy to spot and it would get

eaten.

LIFE CYCLE

First the stick insect hatches out of its egg, then it starts moulting and then changes colour and lays

eggs itself.

ENEMIES

The enemies of a stick insect are birds, mice, lizards and rats.