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==In human culture== [[File:Leaf Insects and Stick Insects Marianne North.jpg|thumb|upright|Painting of Stick Insects by [[Marianne North]], 1870s]] Stick insects are often kept in captivity: almost 300 species have been reared in laboratories or as pets.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Bragg | first1 = P | year = 2008 | title = Changes to the PSG Culture List | journal = Phasmid Study Group Newsletter | volume = 113 | pages = 4β5}}</ref> The most commonly kept is the Indian (or laboratory) stick insect, ''[[Carausius morosus]]'', which eats vegetables such as lettuce.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Boucher |first=Stephanie |author2=Hirondelle Varady-Szabo |title=Effects of different diets on the survival, longevity and growth rate of the Annam stick insect, Medauroidea extradentata (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae) |journal=Journal of Orthoptera Research |year=2005 |volume=14 |pages=115β118 |doi=10.1665/1082-6467(2005)14[115:eoddot]2.0.co;2|s2cid=86169927 |type=Submitted manuscript}}</ref> Droppings of the stick insect ''[[Eurycnema versirubra]]'' (Serville, 1838) [=''Eurycnema versifasciata''] fed with specific plants are made into a medicinal [[insect tea|tea]] by Malaysian Chinese to treat ailments.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Nadchatram, M.|year=1963|title= The winged stick insect, Eurycnema versifasciata Serville (Phasmida, Phasmatidae), with special reference to its life history|journal= Malayan Nature Journal|volume=17|pages=33β40}}</ref> The [[botanical illustrator]] [[Marianne North]] (1830β1890) painted leaf and stick insects that she saw on her travels in the 1870s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=North |first1=Marianne|title=Leaf-Insects and Stick-Insects |url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/leaf-insects-and-stick-insects-88081 |website=[[Art UK]] |access-date=2 October 2015}}</ref> Tribesmen in [[Sarawak]] eat phasmids and their eggs.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Baker, Edward |title=The worldwide status of phasmids (Insecta: Phasmida) as pests of agriculture and forestry, with a generalised theory of phasmid outbreaks | journal=Agriculture and Food Security |date=2015 |doi=10.1186/s40066-015-0040-6 |volume=4|issue=1 |page=22 |hdl=10141/615363 |s2cid=17881709 |url=https://nhm.openrepository.com/bitstream/10141/615363/3/Baker%202015.pdf|hdl-access=free |doi-access=free |bibcode=2015AgFS....4...22B }}</ref> Some indigenous people of the [[D'Entrecasteaux Islands]] have traditionally made fishhooks from the legs of certain phasmids.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Osmond |first1=Meredith |editor-last1=Ross |editor-first1=Malcolm |editor-last2=Pawley |editor-first2=Andrew |editor-last3=Osmond |editor-first3=Meredith|title=The lexicon of Proto Oceanic vol. 1 Material culture |date=1998 |publisher=Pacific Linguistics |location=Canberra |isbn=0-85883-507-X |page=219 |chapter=Chapter 8: Fishing and Hunting Implements |url=https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/106908 |access-date=9 February 2020 |doi=10.15144/PL-C152.211}}</ref> Research has been conducted to analyze the stick insect method of walking and apply this to the engineering of six-legged [[walking robot]]s. Instead of one centralized [[control system]], it seems each leg of a phasmid operates independently.<ref>{{Cite journal |author1=Dean, Jeffery |author2=Kindermann, Thomas |author3=Schmitz, Josef |author4=Schumm, Michael |author5=Cruse, Holk |date=1999 |title=Control of Walking in the Stick Insect: From Behavior and Physiology to Modeling |journal=Autonomous Robots |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=271β288 |doi= 10.1023/A:1008980606521|s2cid=46306252}}</ref> In [[Australia]] and [[Hawaii]] many kinds of stick insects are kept as [[exotic pet]]s including the strong, [[Eurycnema goliath|goliath]], [[Extatosoma tiaratum|spiny]] and [[Tropidoderus childrenii|children's]]. The custom of keeping stick insects as pets was probably brought to Australia by either [[Chinese people|Chinese]], [[Japanese people|Japanese]] or [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]] immigrants during [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]] or the [[Vietnam War]]. Stick insects have been kept as pets since the time of the [[Han dynasty]]. They were kept inside [[birdcage]]s and people in the Far East believe they bring good luck and [[Wealth|fortune]], just like [[crickets]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/care-of-stick-insects/ |title=Care of Stick Insects - Australian Museum|website=australia.nmuseum|access-date=8 May 2016}}</ref> The video game ''[[Disco Elysium]]'' includes a storyline centered around a giant stick insect and [[cryptid]] called the insulindian phasmid. A clip of a stick insect swaying back and forth, in a manner akin to dancing, became an Internet meme in 2020 as a [[bait-and-switch]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fsunews.com/story/news/2020/12/06/our-turn-2020-s-best-meme/6455867002/|title=Our Turn: 2020's Best Meme|newspaper=[[FSView & Florida Flambeau]]|date=December 6, 2020|access-date=November 10, 2024}}</ref>
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