World's Most Beautiful Stick Insect
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The world's most beautiful stick insect.
The most beautiful stick insect in the world.
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Stick insects, also known as walking sticks, are some of the most camouflaged and well-adapted creatures on the planet.
They resemble the sticks of the trees on which they live and will even sway like a branch would in the wind.
There are 3,000 species of walking sticks in the world, and their calm nature makes people often keep them as pets.
While most stick insects have extremely interesting behavior, they are not known for their beauty.
This is not the case with Achrioptera fallax. The males that belong to this species are a bright turquoise with orange spines and red antennae.
Given how heavily stick insects rely on subterfuge to survive, scientists are baffled by why the males of this species are so vividly colored.
One theory leans toward evolutionary advantage: in the world of drab, dry stick insects, the brightly colored males attract the females.
However, this jeopardizes their camouflage, so any mating advantage conferred by the bright hues must outweigh the high risk of becoming food.
Another theory posits that the flashy colors may serve as a warning for predators, signaling toxicity.
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Achrioptera fallax
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