Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Giant walking stick

Subclass Pterygota, Infraclass Neoptera, Superorder Exopterygota, Order Phasmatodea

Description:

This was a really large walking stick, with the body between 8 and 9 cm (3.5 in) long, and the front legs around 4 cm (1.5 in ) long, which made the total length of the insect to be around 12 to 13 cm (5 in). Last photo gives an idea of its real size.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

2 Comments

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Fascinante!

Wow fantastic creature Xará,today was a super spotting day to you :)
Congrats

Sergio Monteiro
Spotted by
Sergio Monteiro

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Spotted on Nov 10, 2012
Submitted on Nov 11, 2012

Spotted for Mission

Related Spottings

Ácaro (Mite) Milipide Praying Mantis Tropical harvestman

Nearby Spottings

Unidentified insect eggs Katydid Gonodonta moth Owl Butterfly
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team