Pictures and photos of nature images of equador, ekuador, equator.


          Walkingsticks or Stick Insects




 

Biodiversity of Ecuador.




Various


Bug


Dragonfly


Fly


Grasshopper


Cricket


Ant


Wasp


Bee


Walking Stick


Mantis


Millipede






Pseudophasma bispinosa ( adult female ) 
Monticomorpha flavolimbata at Cotopaxi 3800m Orephoetes peruana ( adult male )
Orephoetes peruana ( adult female )  
Ocnophiloidea sp ( adult female ) Pseudophasma bispinosa ( adult male ) 
Pseudophasma sp ( adult male ) specie & genus not yet classified, sub-family Diapheromerinae
Pseudophasma bispinosa ( adult female ) Pseudophasma sp (adult female)
species not yet classified, genus probable Phantasca



 

 

As their name suggest, they resemble twigs, sticks or dried leaves of the plants, where they live on and are mostly found in the tropics but can be encountered into the high paramo regions. They prey on other insects and can reach up to 30 cm in length.






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Travel infomation of Ecuador.
3rd edition, 2005

Erich Lehenbauer
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Quito, Ecuador

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