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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Walkingsticks (Phasmida) » Diapheromeridae » Pseudosermyle » Straw-colored Walkingstick (Pseudosermyle straminea)

Species Pseudosermyle straminea - Straw-colored Walkingstick

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Stick Insects of the Continental United States and Canada

By Chad Arment
Coachwhip Publications, 2006

Available at Amazon even though we weren't able to import data from there

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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 25 January, 2007 - 8:09pm

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The grasshoppers, crickets, and related insects of Canada and adjacent regions: Ulonata, Dermaptera, Cheleutoptera, Notoptera, D

By V. R. Vickery
Canadian Government Publishing Center, 1986

This is an excellent book that covers the orthopterans and their relatives in Canada. It has about 5 pages that describe Canada's 4 species of walking sticks.

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Contributed by David Schlachter on 9 August, 2005 - 2:04pm

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A Checklist of the Cave Fauna of Texas. V. Additional Records of Insecta.

By Reddell, J.R.
The Texas journal of science 22(1): 47-65., 1970

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Reddell, J.R. (1970). A Checklist of the Cave Fauna of Texas. V. Additional Records of Insecta. The Texas journal of science 22(1): 47-65.

ABSTRACT

Seventy-three species of insect are reported for the first time from caves in Texas; new records and bibliographic citations are included for 93 species previously reported from Texas caves. Unpublished records are included for the following groups: Collembola, Hemiptera, Homoptera, Odonata, Blattidae, Gryllacrididae, Psocoptera, Dermaptera, Lepidoptera, Formicidae, Siphonaptera, Diptera, and Coleoptera. Of special significance are new records for species of the carabid genus Rhadine.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 26 October, 2025 - 10:55am

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Entomological correspondence of Thaddeus William Harris, M.D.

By Scudder, S.H. (Ed.)
Boston Society of Natural History, Boston., 1869

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Scudder, S.H. (Ed.) (1869). Entomological correspondence of Thaddeus William Harris, M.D. Edited by Samuel H. Scudder. Boston Society of Natural History, Boston.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 2 September, 2025 - 12:33pm

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Entomology for beginners: for the use of young folks, fruit-growers, farmers, and gardeners

By A.S. Packard
Henry Holt and Company, 1888

This little volume is an interesting glimpse into the science of entomology in the late 1800s, but today it is most useful as a source of public domain figures. Available online at Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Contributed by Chris Wirth on 27 January, 2025 - 9:56pm

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Facts and theories concerning the insect head

By R.E. Snodgrass
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 142, (1), 1–61, 1960

Detailed information and illustrations of insect head structures, but with somewhat dated terminology; available online and indicated as not in copyright in the United States.

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Contributed by Chris Wirth on 25 January, 2025 - 7:48pm

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Notes on the Neuroptera and Mecoptera of Kansas, with keys to the identification of species

By smith, Roger C.
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 7: 120-144, 1934

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 6 December, 2024 - 9:43pm

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New records and notes on the distribution of aquatic insects (Coleoptera, Hemiptera) in southeastern Arizona

By Pintar M.R.
Western N.Amer. Naturalist 84: 125–132, 2024

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Contributed by v belov on 11 July, 2024 - 6:49pm

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