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Phasmatodea are masters of camouflage. The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida or Phasmatoptera) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick-bugs, walking sticks or bug sticks. They are generally referred to as phasmatodeans, phasmids, or ghost insects. Phasmids in the family Phylliidae are called leaf insects, leaf-bugs, walking leaves, or bug leaves. The group's name is derived from the Ancient Greek phasma, meaning an apparition or phantom, referring to their resemblance to vegetation while in fact being animals. Their natural camouflage makes them difficult for predators to detect; still, many species have one of several secondary lines of defence in the form of startle displays, spines or toxic secretions.

Eryngium maritimum, the sea holly or seaside eryngo from Gavà beach in barcelona's Coast. Living on the sandy dunes.

Close up of thistle flower heads prior to blooming

Barbed branch of wild rose with first green leaves close-up

Closeup of green cactus with blurred background.

This is a close up of a thistle succulent plant growing outdoors in the desert landscape of Sedona, Arizona in Southwest USA on a spring day.

Close-up of cactus (crown of thorns/euphorbia mili).

Dry Thistle thorn plants in a summer fieldDry Thistle thorn plants in a summer field

Thorn hedge close-up, sarcopoterium spinosum. Mediterranean plants with thorn

Western Colorado Desert and Agricultural Outdoors Southwest USA Natural Environment Textures and Backgrounds Macro Nature Brittle Prickly Pear Cactus Photo Series

dry thorn, thorn plant, close-up thorn needles,

$Medium to tall, erect, foetid annual, often reaching 1.5m or more in height, generally hairless. Leaves oval to elliptical, usually lobed and with jagged teeth. Flowers white to purplish, erect funnel-shaped, 50-100mm long, solitary at the axils of the upper leaves, sometimes in the forks of branches; calyx large, half the length of the corolla, sharply angled. Fruit an erect, spiny, egg-shaped capsule, 35-70mm long.\nHabitat: Bare, cultivated and waste ground, field margins.\nFlowering Season: July-October.\nDistribution: Indigenous in C & S America. Naturalized in great parts of Europe.\nIn the Netherlands quite common in rich sandy soils in the Sand Dunes.\n\nThe Plant is extreme poisonous.\n\nThis Picture is made in the Sand Dunes of South Holland (the Netherlands) in November 2018).$

Mottled spurge cactus or candelabra spurge, Euphorbia lactea in a public park in Arrecife which is the major city on the Canary Island Lanzarote

Fruits of the Asparagus acutifolius, common name wild asparagus

A prickly green wild cucumber (echinocystis) fruit close-up

A boardwalk through the flora of Elafonisi in southwest Crete

anage, bahia, brazil - june 26, 2024: Favela plant thorn - Cnidoscolus quercifolius.

Close-up of sharp thorns growing from a tree trunk. The spines form a dense, defensive pattern.

Close-up of a textured green spiky fruit isolated on a white background, showcasing its intricate surface texture and distinctive spikes.

Stramonium plant with leaves and immature fruits, seeds. Datura stramonium.

A big cactus covered in soil on its spiky leaves

Close-up of a Spear Thistle Leaves in Spring

cactus plant, Desert and succulent plant decorative in house and garden

Early spring, new shoots growing from rose stems. Rosa

Close up picture of cactus blooming flowers in Tenerife Canary Islands

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