Greasewood Walking Stick - Diapheromera covilleae

Moved

Moved from Walkingsticks. Thanks, Paul, we moved it. What do you think of

… john and jane balaban, 20 August, 2009 - 2:50pm

immature creosote bush walkingstick

This is most definately an immature Diapheromera covilleae, Creosote bush walkingstick

… Paul Lenhart, 20 August, 2009 - 12:04pm

Thank you, Paul.

:-)

… Jim McClarin, 21 August, 2009 - 12:03am

There is a walkingstick

called the Creosote Walkingstick (Diaphomera velii), but so far the images we have found don't look like your interesting creature here, though the description sounds good, see here. We'll keep looking.

… john and jane balaban, 18 January, 2007 - 9:56am

Boy!

It sure doesn't look like the same species.

… Jim McClarin, 19 January, 2007 - 7:31pm

Ahah! It looks like that article had

the wrong scientific name. Here is an answer from David B. Richman
Curator of the Arthropod Museum/Graduate Professor/Science Specialist
Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Weed Science
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM
Web pages: http://spectre.nmsu.edu/dept/welcome.html?t=drich

Your walkingstick is Diapheromera covilleae Rehn and Hebard. If you click on the "enlarge photo" under the Digital Desert Library entry "Walkingstick" you will see a photo of this beast. The thumbnail photo there is another species of the same genus.

… john and jane balaban, 22 January, 2007 - 10:55am

Diapheromera covilleae

Following Dave's link I found what appears to be a different species at http://ddl.nmsu.edu/photo.php?id=66. The image is labeled Diapheromera spp. and is a full body view that shows little detail, but appears to be a male of a different coloration.

… Jim McClarin, 22 January, 2007 - 6:24pm

Do you know Dave

from your work in New Mexico? His response seemed very confident, as we would expect from the director of the arthropod museum. Maybe it's just the image that is wrong, or there is considerable color variation? We've run out of ideas, sorry.

… john and jane balaban, 22 January, 2007 - 9:10pm

I've emailed Dr. Richman with questions.

I mainly dealt with Dr. Gregory Forbes at NMSU but Dave was much in evidence and seemingly much busier. He was the one who informed me that there is [at least one] Greasewood Walkingstick. If there is *just* one, then I guess that'll cinch it.

… Jim McClarin, 23 January, 2007 - 6:02am