Photo Caption: The Texas giant walking stick is the longest insect in the US. Photograph by Forrest M. Mims III. Several readers have asked me to identify giant insects in photographs they have sent.

So far all the photos show female Texas giant walking sticks. The Texas giant walking stick is typically Texan in that it's the longest insect in the U.S. Some I've measured were more than 7 ...

"Kids are born naturalists," said Gershenz, as he gently handled a 6-inch- long walking stick from Malaysia known as a giant thorny phasmid. "When we show them these creatures, when we let them ...