If a stick-insect loses one of its legs will it grow another?

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2026-07-08 13:35

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Actually, yes they can, depending if they are still in their nymph stage. A young stick insect will grow back a lost leg gradually each time it moults - the leg growing back to normal size with each moult.

If an adult looses a leg then no, it cannot grow it back.

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