Walking Sticks are long, thin, and slow-moving bugs, that looks like a stick, twig or branch. They are also called walking sticks. Males tend to be smaller than females. The colors are usually brown or green, but may be grey or shades of red. Also some are shaded orange, but in little places. Stripes, spots, and speckles are more common than solid. Males usually have wings, but females are most likely wingless. Short, tough forewings protect the larger fan-shaped hind wings.
The common American Walking Stick is slender and shiny with long antennas. The adult male is 2 to 3 inches long with bands of color,while the adult female is 4 to 5 inches long.
The New Guinea Spiny Stick Insect is big and bulky. It can grow to 4-1/2 inches to 6 inches long. It resembles a branch more than a slender stick. The colors are dark brown to black. Their legs are thick and prickly. Adult males have a long thorn on each hind leg. Nymphs, another type new type of walking stick, have green-and-brown patterns.

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