Phasmatodea

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Phasmatodea is an order of insects, whose members are variously known as stick insects, walking sticks (the larger forms), ghost insects and leaf insects. The name is derived from the Greek "phasm" meaning an apparition or phantom, and refers to the cryptic appearance and mimetic behavior of these insects.

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In old classifications they were considered a suborder of Orthoptera.

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