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This was about 5 in long and had small pinchers on the back end you can't see that in the photo.
Spotted on Oct 1, 2013
Submitted on Oct 1, 2013
3 Comments
Nice find! this is a male Walkingstick from Genus Diapheromera. There is a good chance that this is a Northern Walkingstick but I think there are other similar species in your area so I will let you decide. The Northern Walkingsticks are the most common.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/34510/bgpa...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/34736
WOW! How big (how long...) was it? It's definitely a "walking stick", or "stick insect".... but it would really help if we had more details regarding the size. :)
such a big stick insect!!
I have smaller ones (different species) as pets, but this is really big!!!