Auntie Hil and Uncle Rob holidayed on a houseboat on the Murray River over Easter so they brought Woody, their pet stick insect to stay with Arma and Arpa. Woody’s Eucalyptus leaves have to be sprayed with water everyday so that they stay fresh and she has water to drink.
Stick insects look just like sticks and pretend they ARE sticks so that birds will not see them and eat them. There are thousands of different types of stick insects. Woody is a Giant Spiny Stick Insect
Here’s an explanation from Auntie Hil,: “Rob took a pic of Woody to show where her eye is. Her mouth is to the right of her eye - it's that thing with the small arm-like bits sticking out (Rob calls them ‘mouth arms’). It's confusing that her eyes are behind her antennae, unlike ants which have their eyes first then their antennae.”
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