Leaf Insect

Praying Mantis

Prickly Stick Insect

Leaf Insect Care Sheet

General Information

Which is the insect and which is the leaf? Blending perfectly with its environment, a green Javanese leaf insect creeps across a leaf. In the wild, leaf insects live in forests on islands in the South Pacific and in Africa, Sri Lanka, and parts of northern Australia.

Description

Up to 80 mm long. Flattened body, with leaf-like flaps on the legs. Almost entirely green in colour, apart from vein-like markings on the forewings and scattered brownish marks elsewhere. The whole insect looks just like a leaf.

Biology

Lives on vegetation and well camouflaged against the leaves on which it feeds.