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Long Stick Looking bug - Anisomorpha - female
Copyright © 2008 Stacy B

Long Stick Looking bug - Anisomorpha - Female
Fayette, fayette County, Alabama, USA
July 1, 2008
Size: at least 4 inches long
I found this bug on my porch it was at night and it is mating with a very small male, it didnt have a large head like a preying mantis would. When I touched it it secreted a milky substance on me that was very pungent
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Contributed by Stacy B on 2 July, 2008 - 10:54pm
Last updated 29 July, 2008 - 9:49pm

Musk Mares
These are walking sticks in the genus Anisomorpha, I think. I have read that the substance they spray can be quite toxic! At least if it gets in your eyes, which apparently they can hit with amazing accuracy.
… Bobby Grizzard, 2 July, 2008 - 11:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanx
THANK YOU!!!, I am glad you told me it was toxic, I wasnt sure so I washed my hands immediately! Thanks again, I did some research on Anisomorpha and there is actually an almost exact picture i found online, of the a pair mating. This bug was very interesting actually I find all Alabama bugs interesting because I am from Alaska moved here 2 years ago and we didnt have cool bugs up there. So I am pretty adventurous now that I am down here, looking for bugs
… Stacy B, 2 July, 2008 - 11:22pm login or register to post comments

 
For more info
See this:
http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/ento/entcirc/ent408.pdf
… Michael C. Thomas, 3 July, 2008 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

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