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Apioscelis bulbosa ?
Certainly one the oddest looking couples of the animal kingdom, these mating (or about to) Stick Grasshoppers are quite common in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The male is only about half the female's size, which is about 7.5cm long; they are green/brown and very well camouflaged among vegetation. They're often mistaken for stick insects (order Phasmatodea), but belong to the order Orthoptera.
Tropical rainforest in the Ecuadorian Amazon region.
Spotted on Feb 10, 2015
Submitted on Sep 4, 2016
19 Comments
Thank you Antonio and FakawiTribe :-)
WOOW!!!
Amazing find Felix,an alien :-) congrats on the well deserved SOTW and thanks for sharing
Thanks Daniele, I just saw it got a ton of hits :-)
Congratulations Felix! This quite extraordinary looking pair is very popular on our Facebook page right now!
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Thanks Gilma and Jason. The head and the muscled hind legs (they actually jump) are their most distinctive features.
Congrats Felix!
Beautiful! Congratulations on the SOTW, Felix Fleck.
I will start looking closer at stick insects, I have lots here and I have been taking them for granted....who know I might have miss to see closer and missed some of those excellent Stick Grasshoppers....... : (
Thanks for SOTW! Thanks you for the kind words, Jim. Much appreciated.
Felix...great photography of something I have never seen before. I appreciate the posting and informative write-up.
Congrats Felix, the rangers have voted these beauties as our Spotting of the Week!
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Thanks for the nomination Ashley :-)
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!
My pleasure :-)
Saw one(probably female) two years ago. Thanks for the memory :)
Thanks, they're often mistaken for phasmids because of their un-grasshopper like appearance.
Amazing indeed. Didn't even know that grasshoppers came in stick varieties ;)
Thanks Lauren, the amazon rainforest has so many incredible species.
Amazing heads! Really neat. You find such incredible insects and spiders!