''Parabacillus hesperus'', the western short-horn walkingstick, is a species of
walkingstick
A walking stick or walking cane is a device used primarily to aid walking, provide postural stability or support, or assist in maintaining a good posture. Some designs also serve as a fashion accessory, or are used for self-defense.
Walking sti ...
in the family
Heteronemiidae
Heteronemiidae is a family of walkingsticks in the order Phasmatodea. There are about 14 genera and at least 80 described species in Heteronemiidae.
Genera
These 14 genera belong to the family Heteronemiidae:
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This species is found in dry, arid in the summer and fall. Their diet consists of various scrub and grassland plants. Through an adaptation called "
crypsis
In ecology, crypsis is the ability of an animal or a plant to avoid observation or detection by other animals. It may be a predation strategy or an antipredator adaptation. Methods include camouflage, nocturnality, subterranean lifestyle and ...
," it blends in so perfectly with its natural habitat that it often goes completely undetected by would-be predators.
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Phasmatodea
Insects described in 1934
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