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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Walkingsticks (Phasmida) » Striped Walkingsticks (Pseudophasmatidae) » Anisomorpha » Northern Two-striped Walkingstick (Anisomorpha ferruginea)
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found under car port - Anisomorpha ferruginea - male
Copyright © 2005 Kendra

found under car port - Anisomorpha ferruginea - Male
Arkansas, USA
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Contributed by Kendra on 13 September, 2005 - 7:53pm
Last updated 17 November, 2012 - 3:28pm

Moved
Moved from Two-striped Walkingstick.
… Lynette Elliott, 14 October, 2008 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

Anisomorpha ferruginea
These in Arkansas would be the "Northern Two-striped Walking Stick". The two species are closely related, and some would argue that they are actually the same species. This one is smaller with a shorter head.
… David J. Ferguson, 14 October, 2008 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

thank you
thank you for you response
… Kendra, 15 September, 2005 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

I think
Walking Sticks. See Guide Page.
… Lynette Elliott, 13 September, 2005 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree.
This is a male (the other image is of the female) of the "devil rider" or "musk mare" walkingstick, Anisomorpha buprestoides. Be careful, as they can squirt a rank, milky substance from glands in their "neck." If it hits you in a mucous membrane it is very painful. They can eject the spray pretty accurately, too! Neat animals, tho.
… Eric R. Eaton, 14 September, 2005 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Devil Rider
We live in Florida on the east coast and have seen around 20 of these bugs within the last week. The first on squirted our pomeranian in the eye. Her eye was swollen shut for a day, then red for another day.
Please be careful, they have a great aim and will shoot their poision in your eye. Their aim is for the eye, and they are very precise.
I also heard it also can get into your mouth and throat making it hard to breathe.
Does anyone know where they might be coming from? I read they like oaks and we live near a forest of oaks, there aren't any other houses around us.
… Buggedout1222, 21 September, 2010 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

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