Giant walkingsticks

Description:

The female was approximately 7 inches in length including the antennae, and the male was about 5 inches in length. The female had deeper shades of green and also had brown and yellow markings with a stripe of off white. The male was more yellowish/tan in color with a lighter shade of green than the female. Mimicry resembles twigs.

Habitat:

Found in the southern United States within forests, woods, and grasslands. This mating pair were found in an oak tree on a large wooded property. Diet: grass, leaves of oaks, dogwoods, hackberry, hickory, pecan, wild cheery, basswood, and birch.

Notes:

I was taking a walk with my brother when we happened upon these mating walkingsticks. We would have walked right by them and not even noticed if it were not for a giant spider's web blocking our path. It was a cool find! FUN FACT: It has the ability of self amputating (autotomy) a limb if it feels the need to due to a posing threat or attack from another creature. It can then regenerate a new limb. Ref: https://beetlesinthebush.com/2009/08/21/...