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Greasewood Walking Stick - Diapheromera covilleae - male

Greasewood Walking Stick - Diapheromera covilleae - Male
Organ Mountains foothills, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
August 6, 2006
Underside of terminus. I know nothing of walking stick sex parts. Can you tell if it is a male or female by looking here?

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Moved
Moved from Walkingsticks.

Okay, it's a male.
April has just given me some walkingstick sex ed with her photo of a mating pair. Those are claspers that grab around the female's abdomen during copulation.

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