Comments on: Walking Sticks

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:38:55 +0000

I recall as a child an incredible infestation of waking sticks in the Crivitz area around 1960. When we visited relatives in the area, The farm was alive with walking sticks! It was the only year we have ever witnessed this phenomena.

By: Rtia

Rtia — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:54:35 +0000

do stick insects eat other insects such as leaf-eating green worms or are those their larvae and the adults eat leaves, too?

By: ANDY

ANDY — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:20:30 +0000

where can i get a walking stick insect

By: Cahri

Cahri — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:13:25 +0000

If they are not eating your trees, just leave them be. There are plenty of beneficial bugs and birds that will eat them. If they are bothering your trees then do something about them to stop the cycle from reproducing. You can spray all your trees with dormant oil spray in the fall after the leaves drop. This will kill overwintering bugs.
Regards
Cahri

By: Brenda

Brenda — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:46:16 +0000

Thank you for your helpful information re walking sticks. We just moved from ND to WY and live in the country nw of Cheyenne. On my screen windows every morning are 1-3 walking sticks. I’ve never seen this kind of bug before. They are hay-colored and actually look like a piece of loose hay. They seem harmless enough. Should I be getting rid of them or are they OK to sit on the outside screens?

By: kay

kay — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 18:23:32 +0000

thank you cahri i will try that

By: Cahri

Cahri — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:56:57 +0000

All bugs can bite, and walking sticks are no exception. They don’t bite unless provoked, but I’d get them out of my house in a hurry. You can spray them with soap or buy a citrus based bug spray. You can also lay down sticky traps along the baseboards.
Regards
Cahri

By: kay

kay — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:36:47 +0000

i was just wondering if stick bugs in canada bite and if it hurts or if you can get any type of desise from them latele i have bean having a problem with them getting in the house i have had about 10 to 15 in the house well in my room any thing from baby to adults the have mostly bean green ones but i have one huge ugly brown one so i was wondering if they are fine or i should worry