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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Walkingsticks (Phasmida) » Diapheromeridae » Diapheromera » Northern Walkingstick (Diapheromera femorata)
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Walkingstick species? - Diapheromera femorata - female
Copyright © 2012 Ken Rosenthal

Walkingstick species? - Diapheromera femorata - Female
Reston, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
August 23, 2011
I see Northern Walkingsticks here at our Nature Center often - dark brown and/or green, with a broad camouflage-colored 'shield' on the middle pair of legs. This one was so different in color. Is it also a N. walkingstick? Perhaps right after molting?

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Walkingstick species? - Diapheromera femorata - female Walkingstick species? - Diapheromera femorata - female
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Contributed by Ken Rosenthal on 25 September, 2012 - 9:44pm
Last updated 17 November, 2012 - 3:56pm

hard to tell from the images alone, but this one may have
not been fully mature, and nymphs are often colored differently (lighter and more even in pattern) than adults. Also, females are usually much plainer in pattern than the males. This one is female.

Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 26 September, 2012 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Great - Thanks! I was wonder
Great - Thanks! I was wondering about the coloration.
… Ken Rosenthal, 27 September, 2012 - 12:48am login or register to post comments

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