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Walkingstick

Diapheromera femorata

Description:

Walkingsticks have a greatly elongated, almost cylindrical body with a long thorax, long abdomen, long threadlike antenna and slender legs on the front, middle and rear portions of the thorax. There are short, 1- segmented cerci at the tip of the abdomen. Nymphs are green, becoming a twiglike brown at maturity.

Habitat:

Dry prairie in section 39 of the LBJ National Grasslands.


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Denton, Texas, USA

Lat: 33.28, Long: -97.62

Spotted on Feb 8, 2012
Submitted on Jun 13, 2012

Spotted for mission

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