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The common walkingstick or northern walkingstick (Diapheromera femorata) is a species of phasmid or stick insect found across North America. The average length of this species is 75mm (3 in) for males and 95mm (3.7 in) for females. The insect is found in deciduous forest throughout North America, where it eats
The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida or Phasmatoptera) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick bugs, walkingsticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred to as Devil's darning needles , although this name is shared by both dragonflies and crane flies. [ 1 ]
Anisomorpha buprestoides is a large, stout (for a stick insect) brown phasmid with three conspicuous longitudinal black stripes. Females average 67.7 mm (2.67 in) in length; males are smaller and more slender, averaging 41.7 mm (1.64 in). [2]
This image was created as part of the Insects Unlocked project at the University of Texas at Austin. Based in the UT insect collection at Brackenridge Field Laboratory, part of the Department of Integrative Biology.
Medauroidea extradentata, commonly known as the Vietnamese or Annam walking stick, is a species of the family Phasmatidae. They originate in Vietnam and are found in tropical forests there. They eat a variety of foliage, though in captivity they commonly eat blackberry bramble, hawthorn, oak, red maple, and roses.
Diapheromera covilleae, the creosote bush walkingstick, is a species of stick insect in the family Diapheromeridae. [1] They are about 5 to 10 centimetres (2.0 to 3.9 in) long depending on the sex, with large tarsal hooks at the end of each leg for superior grip to branches or other objects.
It is the largest insect in North America, growing up to 7 inches in length. [6] [7] [8] Giant walkingsticks exhibit sexual dimorphism, with females generally being significantly larger than males. [9] Giant walkingsticks have spines on their middle and hind legs; males have only a single, larger spine on each hind leg.
Eurycantha horrida, the thorny devil walking stick, [1] is a species belonging to the stick insects (order Phasmatodea) and to the family Phasmatidae. [2] Description