stick+insect+lila

**__stick insects__**
=What do stick insects look like= =Habitat= =What is on the boring menu?= =My little gladiators= =How I, the stick, can get out of bed=
 * * Stick insects have a spiny body to look like a twig.
 * When stick insects are born they are 1 millimetre long.
 * They are normally green or brown but sometimes green with brown speckles at the very back. || [[image:2d2011/230px-LeafInsect.jpg width="115" height="152"]] ||
 * * These friendly little fellows live in nice wet trees.
 * They normally live in euculiptus.
 * Sometimes you might see them on the grass, but it is very unlikely because some are brown so it is hard for them to camouflage in the grass. So they stay in trees were it is easy to be a stick || [[image:http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1312977128770&id=f0ddb0445288ac77a8f914de970e8c69&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.amentsoc.org%2fimages%2feurycnema-goliath.jpg width="152" height="88"]] ||
 * * Stick insects don't just live in a eucalyptus tree becuase they want to it is their food.
 * They like any gum leaves apart from blue gum || [[image:2d2011/IMG_2563.jpg width="219" height="259"]] ||
 * * Termites eat their own skin so they mistake stick insects for their skin
 * Birds eat basically any small things so stick insects are on the list
 * So do crickets and grasshoppers
 * Also praying mantises
 * I protect myself by looking like a stick and jigging from one side to the other || [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTLOeZeQjkOO5ds4IB9WTg8GfSBh2uQ8en5K2GKTR8yanED21-gnlI0soI width="116" height="116" link="http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.a1pestcontrol.com.au/files/termites.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.a1pestcontrol.com.au/termite-control/&usg=__6vz9OKdirPQafgDsvZXPMbOnDlc=&h=300&w=300&sz=22&hl=en&start=2&zoom=1&tbnid=SzfHtMm91ISQuM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=116&ei=b3fNTuLUFMbJmQXo9czMDQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtermite%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-au%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1"]][[image:http://www.adelaidevet.com.au/files/images/library-birds-finch.jpg width="135" height="84"]][[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSS5Yq4tnVTrieCj_ItRalNrrRiK0bTuTDvG6-yooN9lXMUNj_WLsM8wA width="126" height="84" link="http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.envirotechnics.com.au/Uploads/Images/crickets(1).jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.envirotechnics.com.au/pest6/crickets/&usg=__zRq2QRRp-3nvK9K-E9eYSc4NDec=&h=283&w=424&sz=14&hl=en&start=1&zoom=1&tbnid=9Rq5bcFXKVylfM:&tbnh=84&tbnw=126&ei=9HfNTuXQEoSUiAfh6qHzDg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dcrickets%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-au%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1"]] ||
 * * Well stick insects have a very interesting life - just kidding
 * They eat gum leaves
 * They poo little pellets
 * They have no smell so they rub a special chemical called pheromones to mark territory || [[image:2d2011/2_mating.jpg width="228" height="149"]] ||

=What are my special features= =Life cycle= =labeled diagram=
 * * Stick insects have a long tail for carrying eggs and also for protecting them when they are grabbed
 * Females are longer then males normally
 * Spikes make them look scary to other predators || [[image:2d2011/Manu_1024_3047.JPG width="178" height="228"]] ||
 * * Males mate with females. With some species, stick insects fly but they cannot fly with eggs
 * They carry their eggs in their tail for three or four mouths.
 * When the babies hatch they are a little bit damp.
 * Slowly they shed their skin and grow up.
 * Then the life cycle begins again. || [[image:2d2011/Slide1.JPG width="320" height="240"]] ||

=amazing facts=
 * * Stick insects can shed their skin or regenerate its limbs to escape predators.
 * Stick insects can reproduce without a male.
 * Stick insects sway when the stick sways.
 * Stick insects randomly drop their eggs.
 * Nymphs eat the skin that stick insects shed.
 * When stick insects are threatened they can let out a gas that is like tear gas.
 * Stick insects skin that has been sheded attract ants and the ants carry them home and put them in their nest.
 * Stick insects play dead.
 * Stick insects hold the record for the longest insect in the world. || [[image:http://www.webanswers.com/post-images/0/04/70DF6F2F-59A1-4BF1-80F61D5732656720.jpg width="160" height="145"]] ||