Animals That Are Masters of Camouflage

Stick Insect

• Class: Insects
• Order: Stick insects
• Family: Diapheromeridae
• Habitat: North America
• Camouflage: Mimesis
  

Think this is just a photo of some branches? Not quite. There is a stick bug in the picture as well. It’s the “stick” in the middle, with thin legs. Stick bugs have to do a lot to avoid being eaten by hungry birds, lizards or small vertebrates.

As a stick, they’re not as easy to spot. They stretch their feelers and legs out straight and hardly move during the day. The stick bug is considered a pest, as they hungrily eat the leaves of oaks and hazels.

Trick: Disguises itself as a twig

Stick Insect - Photo: Brian Lasenby/Shutterstock

• Table of Contents:
• 0. Introduction
• 1. Denise's Pygmy Seahorse
• 2. Leaf-Tail Gecko
• 3. Indian Oakleaf
• 4. Carpet Flathead
• 5. Eastern Screech Owl
• 6. Mossy Frog
• 7. Ambon Scorpionfish
• 8. Common Baron
• 9. Mimic Octopus
• 10. Stick Insect
• 11. Tobacco Hornworm
• 12. Wolf Spider