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Northern Walkingstick

Diapheromera femorata

Spotting Image 1

2 Species ID Suggestions

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Gaia80
Gaia80 11 years ago
Walking stick
Phasmatodea Phasmatodea
Noah Ranger +2
ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago
Northern Walkingstick
Diapheromera femorata Species Diapheromera femorata - Northern Walkingstick - BugGuide.Net


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ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

Welcome to Project Noah, Chris! This is a male Northern Walkingstick. You can tell by the brownish color, elongated body and the shape of the end of the abdomen. Here is another example:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/572059/bgi...

NatralList, not a bad suggestion but Anisomorpha walkingsticks are much bulkier in body and have a different body shape than this species. A couple of examples:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/233590/bgp...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/17974/bgpa...

Gaia80
Gaia80 11 years ago

You beat me to it :) It is surely a walking stick

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ChrisSchaefer
Spotted by
ChrisSchaefer

Virginia, USA

Spotted on Sep 14, 2012
Submitted on Sep 14, 2012

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