C. Read the text and answer the questions. As its name suggests, the stick insect resembles the twigs which it lives, providing it with one of the most efficien

C. Read the text and answer the questions.
As its name suggests, the stick insect resembles the
twigs which it lives, providing it with one of the most
efficient natural camouflages on Earth. The animals and the
eqully inconspicuous leaf insect comprise the Phasmida
order, of which there are approximately 3,000 species.
Stick insect species, often called walking sticks, range
in size from the tiny, 11.6-millimeter-long Timema cristinae
of North America, to the formidable 328-millimeter-long
Phobaeticus kirbyi of Borneo. Tis giant measures over
55 centimeters with its legs outstretched, making it one of
the world's logest insects. Fermales are normally larger than males.
Phasmids generally mimic their surroundings in color, normally green or brown, although a few species are brilliantly colored and others conspicuously striped. Many stick insects normally have spectacularly beautiful wings, while others resemble little more than a stump. A number of species have spines and tubercels on their bodies.
Found predominantly in the tropicks and subtropics-although several species live in temperate regions-stick insects thrive inforests and grasslands, where tey feed on leaves. Mainly nocturnal creatures, the spend much of their day motionless, hidden under plants.
Many stick insects feign death to thwart predators, others will shed the occasional limb to escape an enemy's graps. A few swipe at predators with their spine-covered legs, while one North American species, Anisomorpha buprestoides, emits a putrid-smelling fluid.
Little is known about stick insects, makinng it difficult to declare the vulnerability of their status in the wild. The pet trade present a potential threat, along with the populer practice of framing their carcasses, like butterflies.

Questions:
1. What is the text about?
2. Where do the insects spend their day?
3. How many species are mentioned? What are they?
4. Which species is the longest and tiniest?
5. What do the insects feed on?
6. When are they active?
7. How do the insects camouflage?
8. Which paragraph shows the way the insects escape from their predators?
9. What actions endanger their existence?
10. "Many stick insects normally have spectacularly beautiful wings, while others resemble little more than a stump". (Paragraph 3) What does 'resemble' mean?