Green Bean stick insects are native to the Caribbean including the islands of Grenada, St Vincent and Guadeloupe.
Both males and females have vestigial wings. This means that their evolutionary ancestors had wings and were capable of flight. However, the ability to fly became less useful and so their wings diminished over many generations until they became small and no longer worked.
Males are small and brown whereas females are large and green.
They feed on a variety of tree leaves native to the Caribbean but will happily eat bramble, eucalyptus and oak in the UK. *
*Information from a signboard next to the Stick Insects
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 4th 2025
B-Lines are a network of 3km wide pathways connecting the UK’s best remaining wildflower habitats.
In Autumn 2024, Buglife and Telford and Wrekin Council, collaborated to restore 12 hectares of flower-rich habitat in Telford within Buglife’s B-Lines network. This resulted in the restoration or enhancement of eight sites, including the meadow in front of you.
The nearby Middle Pool in Trench.
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 2nd 2025
Challenge completed and my medal is on its way.
The walk that completed my challenge was a post shift walk along the mile walk at Attingham Park. I need to get a new memory card for my camera so on this occasion there are no photos to share.
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 2nd 2025
A walk to Dothill Nature Reserve and back through Apley Woods taking the long way round.
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True friends are like bright sunflowers that never fade away, even over distance and time.
Marie Williams Johnstone
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 30th 2025
