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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Walkingsticks (Phasmida) » Common Walkingsticks (Heteronemiidae) » Diapheromera » Northern Walking Stick (Diapheromera femorata)
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Walking Stick - Diapheromera femorata - male
Copyright © 2006 Jim Farrell

Walking Stick - Diapheromera femorata - Male
Lakewood, Oconto County, Wisconsin, USA
July 29, 2006
I think this is a Northern Walking Stick - Diapheromera femorata....I wasn't sure, so I thought I would ask. According to the guide If the femurs are stiped then it is a male correct???

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Contributed by Jim Farrell on 30 July, 2006 - 2:11pm
Last updated 18 January, 2007 - 8:58am

Amazing photo!
The camouflage is just unbelievable!
… ellebelle, 13 September, 2009 - 2:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Walkingsticks.
… john and jane balaban, 18 January, 2007 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

Yes on all counts:-)
Actually, males and females are so radically different in appearance you can't get them confused. Males have swollen mid-femora, and very obvious claspers at the tip of the abdomen. Very slender, too. Females are larger and much heavier-bodied.
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 August, 2006 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

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