USDA regs ban all non-native sticks. That doesn't mean a lot of people don't still keep them. They were popular pets and cultured long before the regs went into place.
The USDA ban is very broad, it covers virtually all non-native invertebrates that feed on any sort of plants (even things that eat dead plants). They did this to prevent new agricultural pests from entering the country. Of course, many of the insects could never become pests anyway and they know this.
They all are. There are just some species where there are no males or at least no males in captivity. If the females are bred to a male then the babies come out a mix of the sexes. If the female produces the ova parthenogenically then the resulting babies are all female.
No problem. In the woods. I usually find Diapheromera adults here around August-October or so. I have yet to find a baby. Look around areas with a lot of oak.
I guess I'll have to keep my eyes open when I'm at the girlfriends. Her whole yard is oak trees. It's been a long time since I've seen a stick insect around here. at lest 20 years. Man am I getting old.
I usually find them crawling on my screen door to my back yard or around the back of my house facing the woods. I have only found 1 in the woods before. It was in the middle of a trail sitting on a chunk of plywood.
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