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Vietnamese Walkingstick

Common Name: Vietnamese Walkingstick

Scientific Name: Baculum extradentatum

Order: Phasmida

Range: Encountered in the rainforests of Vietnam and Southeast Asia

Diet: Foliage of various rainforest trees; here at the Butterfly Pavilion they feed on bramble

Reader Rail Information: These walking sticks are approximately 4-5 inches in length and tan in color. They are nocturnal and use pro-cryptic behavior, blending into their environment and staying still, to help them blend into their habitat. Most of their reproduction is done through parthenogenesis or asexual reproduction. Females will produce several unfertilized eggs to produce more female walking sticks; male Vietnamese walking sticks are rare.

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