Giant Walkingstick

Also known as Giant Stick Insect

As the longest native insect in North America north of Mexico, the giant walkingstick relies on exquisite camouflage to blend seamlessly among twigs and foliage. Adult males bear conspicuous spines along their hind legs, which they use to grapple rival suitors during autumn mating displays. Females casually drop seed-like eggs from the canopy straight onto the forest floor, where the embryos overwinter in leaf litter before emerging as bright green nymphs in spring.