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

Albert Lleal / Celebes Leaf Insect (Phyllium celebicum), native to southeast Asia

Kim Taylor / Stick insect {Phasmid sp.}

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

Loic Poidevin / Stick Insect (Phasmida) on Silver Ragwort (Jacobaea maritima), Vendee, France. August.

Robert Valentic / Goliath Stick Insect (Eurycnema goliath) adult female camouflaged, Cooktown, Far North Qld, Australia. Wet Season.

Robert Valentic / Goliath Stick Insect (Eurycnema goliath) female, walking up grass sward near Cooktown, Queensland, Australia, wet season.

Duncan Murrell / Stick Insect (Calvisia punctulata), female, in Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo.

Duncan Murrell / Stick insect nymphs (Phasmatodea) with empty egg cases on the underside of a leaf in Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo.

Juergen Freund / Two Peppermint stick insects (Megacrania batesii) on a twig, one walking out of frame, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Cape Tribulation, North Queensland, Australia.

Konrad Wothe / Stick Insect in rainforest, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Australia, October.

Adrian Davies / Stick Insect (Phasmidae) mating pair. Mount Kinabalu, Borneo.