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Proscopiidae family. Very nice and docile insect, about 13cm long.
Found on a small guava tree.
Spotted on Jul 29, 2011
Submitted on Jul 29, 2011
3 Comments
Great! It does look like a stick bug, but I have never seen one in person. In the grasshopper family. cool! Never would have guessed.
this is no stick insect, this is a long-headed grasshopper (order Orthoptera)
What a strange, long alien-like head it has!