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Life Forms==> Animal - Animalia==> Jointed Legged Animals - Arthropoda==> Insects - Insecta==> Grasshoppers plus Allies - Orthoptera==> Walking Sticks - Phasmatidae

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Family Phasmatidae - Walking Sticks

Walking Stick - Two Stripe *Anisomorpha buprestoides*	Walking Stick - Northern *Diapheromera femorata*	*Diapheromera velii*	Walking Stick - Giant Walking Stick *Megaphasma dentricus*	*Phasma timor*
*Phasma gigas*	*Phasma species*

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Walking Sticks (Family Phasmatidae) are curious insects that feed upon various plant leaves. Their long narrow shape and slow movements give them considerable camouflage. Some tropical members of this family reach astounding lengths. Examples from Malaysia have measured more than twenty-four centimeters in length.

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	Latin	English
Kingdom	Animalia	Animal
Phylum	Arthropoda	Jointed Legged Animals
Class	Insecta	Insects
Order	Orthoptera	Grasshoppers plus Allies
Family	Phasmatidae	Walking Sticks
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