Welcome to the Home Page of the Phasmid Study Group's (PSG) website, the best source of information about stick and leaf insects online.
If you are not a member of the PSG, and are interested in stick and leaf insects, then we urge you to consider joining. The benefits of membership include the quarterly newsletter, the journal Phasmid Studies, access to free livestock via the livestock co-ordinator, and at least two meetings per year.
Some sections are only available to PSG members, members should inform the editor when they have joined in order to have their account upgraded to give access to members only material. This includes back issues of the newsletter, Phasma and Le Monde des Phasmes, out of copyright papers, and more!
This website has been developed using the EDIT Scratchpad system by Ed Baker, Mark Bushell and Phil Bragg.
You can use the menu to the left to navigate through a wealth of information on phasmids including journals, image galleries, a discussion forum and much more.
If you would like to see information about a particular taxon then use the navigation boxes below. Clicking on a taxon will display the subordinate taxa, and clicking the blue cross will take you to a page summarising the information we have relating to that taxa.
Orthopteroidea (3)
Phasmida (10)
Agathemeridae (1)
Anisacanthidae (2)
Aschiphasmatidae (1)
Bacillidae (2)
Diapheromeridae (5)
Phylliidae (1)
Heteronemiidae (1)
Heteropterygidae (3)
Phasmatidae (7)
PSG Members are encouraged to submit content to the site. Whenever you create new content it is important that it is tagged, if appropriate, with the relevant taxonomy term.
If you submit a photo of Carausius morosus then choose Carausius morosus from the 'Species' box on the image submission form. This allows the site to identify that image being of Carausius morosus so that it can be displayed on that species' page.
If the species you want is not listed then add your image and let us know, we will add the species and tag the photo for you.