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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Walkingsticks (Phasmida) » Diapheromeridae » Diapheromera » Northern Walkingstick (Diapheromera femorata)
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Unknown Stick Insect - Diapheromera femorata
Copyright © 2008 Matthew Zito

Unknown Stick Insect - Diapheromera femorata
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary - North Lookout, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
October 10, 2008
Size: Medium
This was crawling on my shoulder when someone pointed it out to me. I didn't know we had stick insects here in PA.

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Contributed by Matthew Zito on 12 October, 2008 - 4:32pm

Northern walkingstick male.
Should be common there, just so cryptic you don't usually see them. Females are "large" by comparison.
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 October, 2008 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank You.
Are these native then?
… Matthew Zito, 12 October, 2008 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Opps
Nevermind. It says they're native in the species description.
… Matthew Zito, 12 October, 2008 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

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