Yesterday a friend and I were doing a little magic work and when I told her about that she asked me what the Medicine was for stick insects. So I thought I'd see what I could find out about them.
First, I love their ordinal name, from the Ancient Greek: Phasmatodea, meaning an appariton or phantom. Of course, most of us know that they camouflage themselves with plant mimicry. Apparently, some of them will also curl their tails over their heads like scorpions as an added defense mechanism. And some also emit chemicals that are painful to predators. It seems that they have plenty of defenses if they're discovered. Interesting.
They're able to produce viable eggs without males, ultimately virgin births. All virgin births are female and, according to Wikipedia, exact copies of the mothers!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_stick_bug
So they obviously are rife with feminine energy.
Wiki describes a wierd relationship with ants in which they feed their larvae a part of the egg casing without harming the phasmid embryo inside, which eventually hatches resembling the ant (biomimicry) and then escapes to safety. Ants signify community.
Here's what Ted Andrews says about them:
http://spiritlodge.yuku.com/topic/995/Walking-sticks
For him, they're about patience and allowing the right course of action to reveal itself in due time. Also, focusing on ourSelves and sharing our endeavors with the right people.
Pretty interesting and right in line with LoA and the current life situation I'm in.
I LOVE life. I LOVE our animal kinfolk. I LOVE paying attention so that I can hear the Uni-Verse (one verse, one voice).
..•*¨*•..
.(^_^).
.._/l\_.. Namastè
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