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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Walkingsticks (Phasmida) » Winged Walkingsticks (Phasmatidae) » Carausius » Indian Stick Insect (Carausius morosus)
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Walking stick that wasn't. Maybe Carausius morosus? - Carausius morosus
Copyright © 2013 Ron Hemberger

Walking stick that wasn't. Maybe Carausius morosus? - Carausius morosus
Irvine residence, Orange County, California, USA
August 31, 2013
As I started our tai chi set, I looked left and saw this insect. We finished a half hour later, and it was still there, so I took my best shots. Two hours after that, it still hadn't moved.

Question: Do the appendages at the left include both antennae and legs, or is something seriously awry?
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 1 September, 2013 - 2:18pm
Last updated 29 May, 2018 - 6:04pm

Moved
Moved from Walkingsticks.
… metrioptera, 29 May, 2018 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 12 September, 2013 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

Yes
The appendages at left include both. Stick insects stretch them out in order to help them maintain camouflage.
… Chao "Jimmy" Wu, 1 September, 2013 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Some details here
http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/orthopt/Carausius%20morosus.htm
… Peter Bryant, 29 May, 2018 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Good stuff, Peter, partcularly the head shots
...and look, Ma, no anthropomorphic surfaces.
… Ron Hemberger, 29 May, 2018 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Jimmy.
In this case, some white stucco paint would have worked better.
… Ron Hemberger, 1 September, 2013 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

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