Stick insects are prone to losing legs, it may be that you will receive stock witha missing leg, this will grow back after successive moults. The Zompro’s stick insect are native to Thailand, both the male and females are wingless and in the event of needing to escape a predator they will drop to the ground and try to run to safety. The males are a lot more slender and darker in colour compared with the more brighter and thicker females
Taxonomic Classification- Kingdom:
- Phylum:
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Phasmida
- Family: Diapheromeridae
- Sub Family:
- Genus: Parapachymorpha
- Species: zomproi