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Walkingsticks and Leaf insects are categorized together in the Order Orthoptera Suborder Phasmida. There are approximately 2,000 phasmid species and most of them take residence in warm climates. They exist primarily because they possess the ability to be in a trance like state and to resemble twigs or leaves when they walk. Even thought stick insects move too slowly to escape most predators, they contain some defenses that can aid in their protection. In the stick insect’s thorax, there are two protective glands from which a milky, sharp-smelling, and corrosive liquid can be squirted out across a significant distance. This liquid can paralyze certain predators from an impeding attack. Many of the stick insects have strong, sharp spines along their body that would make the option of eating them and unattractive meal to any animal. In terms of morphology, a typical plasmid contains two small compound eyes and three simple eyes. They have fairly thin and short antennae. Their head is generally in the shape of an oval, and also contains some form of a spike or thorn. They have a very short prothorax, which is the anterior portion of their trunk.
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