Alex Hyde / Malayan Jungle Nymph (Heteropteryx dilatata) subadult male, photographed on a white background. Captive, originating form Malaya.

Jouan & Rius / Stick insect (Diesbachia tamyris) female with wings open, rainforest, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Pete Oxford / Stick insect (Phasma chrysoptera) displaying, Eastern rainforest, MADAGASCAR endemic

Kim Taylor / Stick insect {Phasmid sp.}

Rolf Nussbaumer / Ash throated flycatcher {Myiarchus cinerascens} with stick insect prey, Texas, USA

Pete Oxford / Stick insect (Phasmidae) Yasuni NP, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Stick insect feeding on leaf, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Cyril Ruoso / Phasme / Walking stick insect, unknown species, 1000m altitude, Tarapoto, Amazon, Peru

Cyril Ruoso / Phasme / Walking stick insect, unknown species, 1000m altitude, Tarapoto, Amazon, Peru

Konrad Wothe / Stick insect (Prisopus sp.) female with wings spread, Panguana Reserve, Huanuca province, Amazon basin, Peru.

Dong Lei / Stick insect (Phasmatodea sp.) Lijiang Laojunshan National Park, Yunnan, China, July.

Stephen Dalton / Stick insect (Bacillus rossius) Menorca. May.