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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Walkingsticks (Phasmida) » Diapheromeridae » Diapheromera » Arizona Walkingstick (Diapheromera arizonensis)
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phasmid - Diapheromera arizonensis - male
Copyright © 2011 margarethe brummermann

phasmid - Diapheromera arizonensis - Male
Peppersauce Canyon, N Catalinas, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
August 23, 2011
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 25 August, 2011 - 7:08pm
Last updated 17 November, 2012 - 12:30pm

Moved
Moved from Diapheromera.
… David J. Ferguson, 17 November, 2012 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

pretty sure he is Diapheromera, and I'll put him under the genus
until I (or somebody else) sorts through them. He's either D. femorata or D. arizonensis, but I'm not sure how to tell them apart.

Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 27 August, 2011 - 12:58pm login or register to post comments

I think this is a Giant Walki
I think this is a Giant Walkingstick (Megaphasma dentricus). See guide to compare:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/85378
… Chad Lensbower, 25 August, 2011 - 11:43pm login or register to post comments

 
What makes you think so?
… margarethe brummermann, 25 August, 2011 - 11:49pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm definitely no expert, but
I'm definitely no expert, but the site phasmatodea.com has some pix of Megaphasma that look very similar to yours(if it's not in the resources list, perhaps an editor should check it out before they want to consult it as a source).

But I could be wrong.

**EDIT: phasmatodea.com is in the internet resources list, so here's the link to the pix:

http://www.phasmatodea.com/web/guest/megaphasma-dentricus-lafayette

BUT: it may be the same as this Diapheromera sp.:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/340515/bgimage
… Chad Lensbower, 26 August, 2011 - 12:18am login or register to post comments

 
I'm retracting my original su
I'm retracting my original supposition of Giant Walkingstick in favor of Diapheromora sp. There are a slew of pix in the Guide waiting for identification to the species level.
… Chad Lensbower, 26 August, 2011 - 1:08am login or register to post comments

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