I know God has a purpose for creating them but I don’t know what it is do yall

Do you mean the insect? They are the coolest insect I have ever seen. Don’t know they’re purpose but they are really interesting.

Yes the insect

Maybe just to provide us mere mortals pleasure and allow us to marvel at His ingenuity.

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Maybe just for inspiration to stickman.

I put them up there with the platypus. Just fun to look at

What is the purpose of any leaf-eating insect?

Their camouflage is very interesting though.

Don’t they eat other insects? I think they eat other insects which I am happy with.

Don't think I've ever seen a walking stick, but praying mantis are protected on my property.

No, they are leaf-eaters, mostly the leaves of deciduous trees.

Are you thinking of the praying mantis? They are insect-eaters.

Putting up a few tree stands in MO not so long ago found a pair under the seat. I’ve always thought walking sticks and praying mantis were cool and unusual maybe because you don’t see them often.

Very hard to see.
This one was on the screen of our Gazebo-

That's great Hern, most of the ones I see are on my front screen door too. We have loads of praying mantis around here, brown and green. Not lots of walking sticks that I noticed though

Turkeys eat the living heck out of them

I hadn't seen walking sticks for 20 years until I moved to MS. Now I've seen three or four over the past several years. They're one of my favorite bugs.

Hadn’t seen one in long time. But, Praying Mantis are just a cool looking critter to me!!

Thank you for the pictures, everyone!

Found another one playing around on the car today

What neat insects. Thanks for the pics.