Stick insects are masters of camouflage — and some can regenerate limbs

Stick insects are masters of camouflage — and some can regenerate limbs

Animals Insects

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Stick insects are masters of camouflage — and some can regenerate limbs

Published By Shahzad Mahota @shahzad-mahota

Stick insects are masters of camouflage — and some can regenerate limbs

Many stick insects sway like twigs in a breeze, vanishing into branches until a predator’s eyes give up.

Juveniles of some species can regrow lost legs across successive molts — camouflage plus a spare-parts plan.

Looking useless is the strategy. Being a stick that heals is overtime.

Animals Insects

Shahzad Mahota @shahzad-mahota

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Stick insects are masters of camouflage — and some can regenerate limbs