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Timema Knulli
''Timema knulli'', Knull's Timema, is a stick insect The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida, Phasmatoptera or Spectra) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick-bugs, walking sticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred to as ... native to California. References Phasmatodea {{Phasmatodea-stub ...
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Henry Frederick Strohecker
Henry Frederick Strohecker (October 15, 1905, Macon, Georgia - November 14, 1988, Coral Gables, Florida) was an American entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera especially Endomychidae Endomychidae, or handsome fungus beetles, is a family of beetles with representatives found in all biogeographic realms. There are around 120 genera and 1300 species. The family was established based on the type genus '' Endomychus'', a genus ere .... External linksUFLBiographyCollection Coleopterists American entomologists People from Macon, Georgia 1905 births 1988 deaths People from Coral Gables, Florida 20th-century American zoologists {{US-entomologist-stub ...
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Stick Insect
The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida, Phasmatoptera or Spectra) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick-bugs, walking sticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred to as Devil's darning needles, although this name is shared by both dragonflies and crane flies. They can be generally referred to as phasmatodeans, phasmids, or ghost insects, with phasmids in the family Phylliidae called leaf insects, leaf-bugs, walking leaves, or bug leaves. The group's name is derived from the Ancient Greek ', meaning an apparition or phantom, referring to their resemblance to vegetation while in fact being animals. Their natural camouflage makes them difficult for predators to detect; still, many species have one of several secondary lines of defense in the form of startle displays, spines or toxic secretions. Stick insects from the genera ''Phryganistria'', ''Ctenomorpha'', and ''Phobaeticus'' include the world's long ...
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