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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Walkingsticks (Phasmida) » Striped Walkingsticks (Pseudophasmatidae) » Anisomorpha » Southern Two-striped Walkingstick (Anisomorpha buprestoides)

Species Anisomorpha buprestoides - Southern Two-striped Walkingstick

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Two-striped Walkingstick, mating - Anisomorpha buprestoides - male - female Juvenile Two-Striped Walkingsticks - Anisomorpha buprestoides Walking stick, but what kind? - Anisomorpha buprestoides Unknown sticks mating. - Anisomorpha buprestoides - male - female Stick bug - Anisomorpha buprestoides - male - female Southern Two-striped Walkingstick - Anisomorpha buprestoides - female Musk Mares - Anisomorpha buprestoides Anisomorpha buprestoides - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Phasmida (Walkingsticks)
Family Pseudophasmatidae (Striped Walkingsticks)
Genus Anisomorpha
Species buprestoides (Southern Two-striped Walkingstick)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anisomorpha buprestoides (Stoll)
Orig. Comb: Phasma buprestoides Stoll 1813
Numbers
2 spp.
Size
40-80 mm
Identification
Three color forms, two of them only found in limited areas:

White form, only found around Ocala National Forest

Orange form, only found around Archbold Biological Station

Brown form, widely distributed and commonly found throughout the entire range of the species
Range
se US (TX-FL-SC) (Thomas, 2003)
Season
Year round in FL (BG data)
Remarks
Sprays a milky white chemical of terpene isomers with good accuracy and over a considerable distance to ward off predators.(1)
Print References
Albert, R.O. 1947. Another case of injury to the human eye by the Walking Stick, Anisomorpha (Phasmidae). Entomological News 58(3): 57-59.
Carlberg, U. 1985. Chemical defence in Anisomorpha buprestoides (Houttuyn in Stoll') (Insecta: Phasmida). Zool. Anz. Jena 215: 177-188.
Davidson, B.S., T. Eisner, & J. Meinwald. 1991. 3,4 Didehydro-â,â,-caroten-2-one, a new carotinoid from the eggs of a stick insect Anisomorpha buperestoides. Tetrahedron Letters 32: 5651-5654.
Hetrick, L. A. 1949. Field notes on a color variant of the two-striped walkingstick, Anisomorpha buprestoides (Stoll). Florida Entomologist 32(2): 74-77.
Hetrick L.A. 1949. The oviposition of the two-striped walking-stick, Anisomorpha buprestoides (Stoll). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 51: 103-104.
Littig, K.S. 1942. External Anatomy of the Florida Walking Stick Anisomorpha buprestoides Stoll. The Florida Entomologist 25(3):33-41.
MacAtee, W.L. 1918. Vaporous discharge by Anisomorpha buprestoides (Orthoptera: Phasmidae). Entomological News 29: 388.
Paysse, E.A., S. Holder & D.K. Coats. 2001. Ocular injury from the venom of the southern walkingstick. Ophthalmology 108: 190-191
Oskar V. Conle, Frank H. Hennemann, and Aaron T. Dossey, Survey of the Color Forms of the Southern Twostriped Walkingstick (Phasmatodea: Areolatae: Pseudophasmatidae: Pseudophasmatinae: Anisomorphini), With Notes on Its Range, Habitats, and Behaviors, (2009), Ann Entomol Soc Am , 102, (2), 210-232. (Full PDF)
Internet References
Featured Creatures - Michael C. Thomas, 2003
Texas Walkingstick Information - Mike Quinn, 2012
Works Cited
1.Insect Behavior
Robert W. Matthews and Janice R. Matthews. 1988. Robert E. Krieger Publishing Co.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, David Ferguson, v belov, metrioptera, Marci Hess
Last updated 14 October, 2023 - 10:24am

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