Phasmatodea // Prisopus

Greetings comrades back with my photographic documentation of the world and natural spaces, where we dead great diversity of species and more when talking about insects, this time I was pleased to share photographing Phasmatodea the very striking for its very particular form, also called stick insects, for its camouflage has the ability to be immobile to not be seen, the cul does not like to move or only do when they are under threat, there are different colors others have the appearance of leaves, trunk, estilla, or form of rock, the important thing that each insect plays a role in the natural ecosystem.

These insects have the following Taxonomy Kingdom:Animalia, Phylum:Arthropoda, Superclass:Hexapoda, Class:Insecta, Subclass:Pterygota, Infraclass:NeopteraOrder:Phasmida
Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902, the fascinating thing about this is to say is that its habitat is centered in places with moisture and also these generally live on shrubs and trees on which they feed, presenting both homotypy and homochromia, during the day are almost mostly motionless and camouflaged, but another important information is that it is nocturnal activity and feed or copulate, such as making noise or have structures with bright colors.

These insect has the particularity to reproduce in the form sexually and / or by parthenogenesis, for the case of the male is evidenced by specialist and scientist that usually make spermatophore that uses the male to transfer sperm to the female, the female can have from 1000 to 1200 eggs, this very rare species can be living a year, its life span is from three to six months, it is considered that it has been concluded that these are simple cases of homotypy, the eggs of these insects can vary depending on the variety because they hatch approximately between 21 and 30 days. The interesting thing is how many insects of this family has its purpose within natural ecosystem, it must always be clear to control the species when it reproduces on a large scale, so that it is not a threat.

Phasmids. Stick insects and leaf insects By Christoph Seiler, 2006.