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Proscopia Apioscelis bulbosa
1 1/2" long bug
Rainforest
Spotted on Dec 5, 2012
Submitted on Dec 8, 2012
6 Comments
Thanks Lauren! Unfortunately it did jump - just as I tried for a better shot!
So amazing. Those expanded hind trochanters must be for jumping! I would love to see this jump! ;)
Thank you Livan - very interesting!
I don't think it's a mantid, and though they look like stick insects (Order Phasmida) I think this is a kind of "jumping stick" grasshopper (family Proscopidae of the Order Orthoptera) perhaps Apioscelis bulbosa
http://us.fotolia.com/id/23333064
here are other sites about this:
http://entomolog.tumblr.com/post/7269784...
http://animalworld.tumblr.com/page/13
I'm thinking it may be some kind of mantid as it has a similar stance but when I asked our guide what it was he said "bug"! I ended up teaching him some of the family names!
What is this related to. It looks like an unusual stick bug. WOW