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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Walkingsticks (Phasmida) » Common Walkingsticks (Heteronemiidae) » Megaphasma » Giant Walking Stick (Megaphasma denticrus)
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Order Phasmatodea? - Megaphasma denticrus - male
Copyright © 2006 Stephanie Hart

Order Phasmatodea? - Megaphasma denticrus - Male
Bella Vista, Arkansas, USA
August 2, 2006
Size: 7.5" (longer w/antenna)
will narrow down the specific place for this stick bug. I really thought the colors were interesting.
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Contributed by Stephanie Hart on 3 August, 2006 - 2:02am
Last updated 28 January, 2007 - 8:03am

Moved
Moved from Walkingsticks.
… john and jane balaban, 18 January, 2007 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

Male Megaphasma.
This is indeed a walkingstick, the "giant" walkingstick, Megaphasma denticrus, probably the largest species in the U.S. I can tell it is a male by the claspers at the end of the abdomen, and the various spikes on the legs used to grip the (larger still) female during the prolonged coupling characteristic of so many phasmids. A neat find.
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 August, 2006 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

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