What can I do to encourage stick insects in my garden?
I spotted this fellow on one of my bare berry bushes and am just wondering if there's anything I can do to encourage this fine gentleman to stick around and bring his friends?
Stick insects have become naturalised in south-west England. Thus far, they don’t seem to have an impact on native wildlife, but due to climate change, their range may spread, and they may become more troublesome.
Provide for native insects, and the stick insects will also be happy. Check out ‘wildlife gardening’ books.
(They also tend to reproduce through parthenogenesis, so you don’t necessarily need to attract more to your garden to see more of them about!)
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There are no native stick insects
I see no stick insect .
Move to the Mediterranean! Or wherever they are natives
Wow, that’s unusual. I did some googling and it seems that there are actually some [naturalised populations](https://phasmidstudygroup.org/index.php/phasmids/uk-phasmid-sighting) of stick insects in the UK – I had no idea! You can report finding one [here](https://www.phasmidstudygroup.org/index.php/report-uk-sighting?form=24) as it seems they are being studied long term. I imagine the group that runs the page would have some advice on how to take care of yours too.
Stick insects have become naturalised in south-west England. Thus far, they don’t seem to have an impact on native wildlife, but due to climate change, their range may spread, and they may become more troublesome.
Provide for native insects, and the stick insects will also be happy. Check out ‘wildlife gardening’ books.
(They also tend to reproduce through parthenogenesis, so you don’t necessarily need to attract more to your garden to see more of them about!)
Give them praise