Stick insects

Insects use many devices to protect themselves from preditors, one is disguise.

Stick insects mimic the shape of the plants they live on.  these ones rest close to the stems of their food plants and virtually disappear.

These stick insects are all female, they lay fertilised eggs and these can be collected up and hatched out.  They eat privet leaves.  I started out with one fully grown insect and one younger one and now have about 7.