Phasmotodea (Phasmida)
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Common Name: Stick Insects or Walking Sticks
Order Name Means: "phantom"
Elongate Cryptic body
Can regenerate limbs
Prognathous, mandibulate
Cerci one-segmented
Herbivores
Emit foul-smelling substance
Neopterous, forewings leathery tegmina