There are approximately 2,000 tropical species of walkingsticks, with 10 species living in North America. The Vietnamese walkingstick is a member of the Phasmidae family, and is in the order Phasmatodea.
Vietnamese walkingsticks range throughout Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
Their heads are elongated and oval shaped, with thread-like antennae and chewing mouthparts for eating plant material. These walkingsticks are brownish in color, and have six legs, which is a characteristic of all insects. Male Vietnamese walkingsticks have a full set of wings, while females have no wings. As a result, males in this species are rare. The female drops hundreds of seed-like eggs to the forest floor, which hatch within a few months.