Stick Insects Knowledge Quiz – Test the Details

A stick insect found in China in 2016 measured over 60 centimeters with legs stretched, and this stick insects knowledge quiz explores the masters of disguise. Learn how females can reproduce without males and how the Lord Howe Island stick insect returned from apparent extinction.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Camouflage
How do stick insects avoid predators?
Longest
Where was a record stick insect over 60 cm long found in 2016?
Males
How can many stick insect females reproduce?
Eggs
Why do ants carry some stick insect eggs?
Lord Howe
Which stick insect was rediscovered on Ball's Pyramid in 2001?
Diet
What do stick insects eat?
Leaf
Which close relatives look like leaves?
Legs
What can young stick insects do if they lose a leg?
Dead
What do many stick insects do when disturbed?
Pets
Which stick insect is a common classroom pet?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: How do stick insects avoid predators?
Answer: Looking like twigs
Some even sway like branches in wind.
Q2: Where was a record stick insect over 60 cm long found in 2016?
Answer: China
Its legs were stretched out.
Q3: How can many stick insect females reproduce?
Answer: Without males
This is called parthenogenesis.
Q4: Why do ants carry some stick insect eggs?
Answer: The eggs have a tasty cap
The eggs stay safe in ant nests.
Q5: Which stick insect was rediscovered on Ball's Pyramid in 2001?
Answer: Lord Howe Island stick insect
It was thought extinct after rats arrived.
Q6: What do stick insects eat?
Answer: Leaves
They are herbivores.
Q7: Which close relatives look like leaves?
Answer: Leaf insects
They even have bite-like marks.
Q8: What can young stick insects do if they lose a leg?
Answer: Regrow it
It regenerates when they molt.
Q9: What do many stick insects do when disturbed?
Answer: Play dead
This is called thanatosis.
Q10: Which stick insect is a common classroom pet?
Answer: Indian stick insect
It is easy to keep.

Stick Insects Knowledge Quiz – Masters of Disguise

Stick insects, or phasmids, are among the best camouflaged animals on Earth. There are over 3,000 species, mostly in tropical forests, and their long, thin bodies look like twigs or, in leaf insects, like leaves.

Stick insects stay still during the day and feed on leaves at night. Many can reproduce without males, and some lay eggs that look like seeds, which ants carry into their nests. They can regrow lost legs and some play dead when disturbed.

The Lord Howe Island stick insect was thought extinct after rats arrived on its island but was rediscovered on a sea stack called Ball's Pyramid. Breeding programs at Melbourne Zoo have produced thousands, offering hope for its return.

What This Quiz Teaches

Nature fans and students will enjoy these questions.

How stick insects hide
How long they grow
How they reproduce
Why ants carry eggs
Which species was rediscovered

Did You Know?

Some stick insects have wings.
Some spray defensive chemicals.
Phasmid comes from Greek for phantom.
Some eggs take a year to hatch.
Stick insects molt several times.