Two-striped
Walkingsticks
Five
different walkingstick families make up the order Order Phasmida in the United
States.
Most of the dozen or so species have long, thin, brown or
green bodies that help them blend into their environment.
The Two-striped Walkingstick (Anisomorpha buprestoides), a
native Southeast resident shown in the top picture, bucks that general trend.
It sports a colorful orange or yellow body.
Caution is advised in their presence. As a defence mechanism
that spray a caustic chemical that is known to cause sever pain if it hits the
eyes.
The picture also shows the size disparity between genders,
with females substantially larger than males.
Giant Walking Sticks (Megaphasma denticrus) are the longest
insects native to the United States, with females reaching seven inches in
length.
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