Vietnamese walking sticks are native to Vietnam and live in trees in tropical rainforests. They are brown or green in color.
The life of a Vietnamese walking stick
Vietnamese walking sticks grow up to five inches long and live six months in the wild, and up to a year in human care. They have six legs, two on each side of their body and one on each side near their head, which they use to navigate the forest. They are skilled climbers that can scale trees completely vertically.
Vietnamese walking sticks can reproduce with or without mating. Females release hundreds of eggs onto the forest floor, which hatch within two to six months. Newly hatched Vietnamese walking sticks grow to full size after about three months. The young can regenerate legs that are damaged or lost, but adults cannot.
Vietnamese walking sticks are herbivores that feed on plants at night. During the day, they remain mostly still to blend in with the forest and avoid detection from predators, which include birds, reptiles and rodents.
Vietnamese walking sticks at the zoo
Located in the Insect Zoo.
