Children's Stick Insect - male

Description:

This medium sized stick insect was a beautiful yellowish-green with tinges of pinkish-red. Sides of the thorax had white markings. The wings folded over the body stopped short of the last few abdominal segments.
Eyes were pale on a narrow head. The whole insect looked like a narrow branch of a colourful bamboo.

Habitat:

Spotted under bright lights in a car yard. This one was clinging to a car bumper.

Notes:

Females are thicker and green. They do not fly as well as the males and depend on camouflage to escape predators. http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Children...
Family: Phasmatidae