Northern Walkingstick

Diapheromera femorata

Summary 5

The Common Walkingstick or Northern Walkingstick (Diapheromera femorata) is a phasmid found across North America. The average length of this species is 75mm (3in) for males and 95mm (3.75in) for females.

Taxon biology 6

If you see a twig nibbling on a leaf, you may have found a walkingstick. Walkingsticks are hard to spot because they look like sticks or leaves. This is good for them, because birds and other predators would love to make them lunch…if they could find them. And what do walkingstick eggs look like? Naturally, they look like seeds.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Václav Hanzlík, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/32863.jpg
  2. (c) Phil Myers, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://animaldiversity.org/collections/contributors/phil_myers/phasmida/walkingstick2661/medium.jpg
  3. (c) Phil Myers, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://animaldiversity.org/collections/contributors/phil_myers/phasmida/walkingstick2675/medium.jpg
  4. (c) Phil Myers, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://animaldiversity.org/collections/contributors/phil_myers/phasmida/walkingstick2677/medium.jpg
  5. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diapheromera_femorata
  6. (c) Sebastian Velvez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/19603539

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