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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Walkingsticks (Phasmida) » Timematidae » Timema
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Green insect - Timema
Copyright © 2017 Steven Lajda

Green insect - Timema
Montecito, Santa Barbra County, California, USA
May 28, 2017
Size: 1.5 inches
I found this insect under my sleeping pad while I was camping on top of Montecito Peak. It raised its tail above its head in a curled up fashion at me much like a scorpion.
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Contributed by Scubasteve22 on 29 May, 2017 - 2:00pm
Last updated 29 May, 2017 - 3:24pm

Low-angle view of terminalia makes it difficult to say for sure
...but my best guess is it's a male. Details of the terminalia are not sufficiently clear to provide for diagnosis for species (plus it may still be a nymph)...but from the location here it's almost certainly T. cristinae.

Timema often curl as you've described when alarmed and/or when responding to be poked at, or trying to gain balance while in a precarious position, etc.
… Aaron Schusteff, 2 May, 2018 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… metrioptera, 29 May, 2017 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

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