Just Another Stick

This is an old shot, but I wanted to post it to follow up on my last post of a walking stick, "Seldom Seen". That one depicted a younger celery-colored version of the species in this post, which has turned brown to resembling the twigs of the higher trees where the adults live.

This one has lost one of its front legs. If their camouflage fails to protect them, the legs of these insects break off easily, allowing them to "mostly" escape predators such as birds. Unlike most other insects, Phasmids can regenerate lost legs (at least partially).

Canon 20D
Sigma 18-200mm
f/8 @ 1/2 sec.; ISO 200
tripod