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Phasmidae, Phasmatodea sp.
The Phasmatodea (sometimes called Phasmida or Phasmatoptera) are an order of insects, whose members are variously known as stick insects (in Europe and Australasia), walking sticks or stick-bugs (in the United States and Canada), phasmids, ghost insects and leaf insects (generally the family Phylliidae). Their natural camouflage can make them extremely difficult to spot.
Seen in Selva Verde Lodge, Costa Rica. Phasmatodea can be found all over the world in warmer zones, especially the tropics and subtropics.
looks like a kind of pencil with legs...!
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thanks bayucca...
thanks wildsweld, I thought that too, but not so sure...
Good spotting, Pam I have yet to find one that is green as your find.
Phasmidae, Phasmid Stick Insect.
Same one, but no ID:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31595561@N0...
Looks like it might be a Stick Bug