Walking stick insects of north america.
Black walking stick bug.
Once adults they have beautiful red wings and red mandibles and yellow eyes.
Eurycantha horrida expels a very foul smelling fluid.
Adults are present in august and september in the northern part of the range but because of their tendency to feed high in the canopy the insects are seldom seen.
Stick insect species often called walking sticks range in size from the tiny half inch long timema cristinae of north america to the formidable 13 inch long phobaeticus kirbyi of borneo.
Anisomorpha buprestoides is a large stout for a stick insect brown phasmid with three conspicuous longitudinal black stripes.
They re typically brown black or green with thin stick shaped bodies that help them blend in as they perch on twigs and branches.
Females average 67 7 mm in length.
Walking stick bug body structure and coloration resemble real twigs or branches so strongly that often birds or other predators do not notice them at all.
If this camouflage fails for whatever reason some species of walking sticks have other means to protect themselves.
Buprestiordes defends itself from predators people or pets by squirting a strong smelling milky like fluid reported to be painful if contacting the eyes of humans and pets.
The black beauty walking stick can be differentiated from similar species by its small fore and hindwings.
They are generally referred to as phasmatodeans phasmids or ghost insects.
Appearance general information this stick insect originates from peru and is popular in captivity this species will grow up to 7 9cm long and having a velvety black appearance.
Males are smaller and more slender averaging 41 7 mm littig 1942.
There are a total of 6 walking stick insects of north america in the insect identification database.
Another food tree is the black locust robinia pseudoacacia.
Stick insects are so named for their effective camouflageamong the woody plants where they feed.
The two striped walking stick anisomortha buprestiordes a.
One of the most unique backyard insects one can come across is the walkingstick insect commonly called the stick bug.
These names all refer to peruphasma schultei.
Entries are listed below in alphabetical order a to z.
Peruvian black beauty walking stick and the golden eyed stick insect.