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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 - Diapheromera femorata - male
Copyright © 2009 Loren & Babs Padelford

Walkingstick - Diapheromera femorata - Male
Neale Woods Nature Center, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
August 22, 2008
Size: approx. 3" body length
We're thinking this might be Northern Walkingstick (Diapheromera femorata). Any help with ID appreciated.

Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE
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Contributed by Loren & Babs Padelford on 29 March, 2009 - 10:55am
Last updated 22 August, 2010 - 12:52am

I'd agree.
Not sure if there are any other walkingstick species in your area. This is a male (slender body, claspers at tip of abdomen, modified middle femora).
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 March, 2009 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Walkingstick
Eric,

Thanks for the ID and the helpful comments.

Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE
… Loren & Babs Padelford, 30 March, 2009 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Iowa walkingstick
I had this species of walkingstick identified in central Iowa about 100 miles east of Omaha:

However, I couldn't find any range maps to help answer the question.
… John Pearson, 30 March, 2009 - 4:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Walkingstick photo
John,

Thanks for your comments and the photo of the walkingstick you found in your area. We'll be on the lookout for that one.

Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE
… Loren & Babs Padelford, 30 March, 2009 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

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