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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Walkingsticks (Phasmida) » Striped Walkingsticks (Pseudophasmatidae) » Anisomorpha » Southern Two-striped Walkingstick (Anisomorpha buprestoides)
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Walkingstick - Anisomorpha buprestoides - male - female
Copyright © 2005 Lew Scharpf

Walkingstick - Anisomorpha buprestoides - Male Female
Auburn, Lee County, Alabama, USA
May 20, 2005
Any chance this is a mating pair of walkingsticks? Perhaps Anisomorpha spp.?

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Walkingstick - Anisomorpha buprestoides - male - female Walkingstick - Anisomorpha buprestoides - male
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Contributed by Lew Scharpf on 22 May, 2005 - 6:54pm
Last updated 3 July, 2008 - 3:59pm

Yes, this is a pair of A. buprestoides.
From what I understand, the males attach themselves to females at an early age, before they're even mature. They can be separated but the males lock back on as soon as they can. It's almost comical.
… Aaron Goodwin, 27 August, 2006 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Misidentified?
Hello! Fairly sure this is the related A. ferruginea, due to the lack of prominent orange stripes on the body.
… Nahkeehona, 10 August, 2015 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

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