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Detailed explanation-1: -While stick insects don’t bite, they have developed some incredibly creative defense mechanisms. Some species will regurgitate a bad tasting substance that leaves their attacker with a nasty taste in its mouth.

Detailed explanation-2: -Handling your stick insects Phasmids are easy to handle safely without harming their delicate bodies, the trick is not to handle them but to let the insect walk onto you and grip your hand.

Detailed explanation-3: -They do not have ears, but can sense sound by feeling vibrations of the air. Their sense of smell is their most important sense. They can smell their food plants and the males smell receptive females because these females emit pheromones.

Detailed explanation-4: -Walking sticks use their camouflaging ability to protect themselves. Our Chief Entomologist, Marissa Harrison says, “All of them are herbivores, harmless plant eaters. They’re slow-moving, they don’t run or jump. They don’t bite or sting.