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Topic Categories: Insects
Posted on: May 19, 2008 9:59 AM, by "GrrlScientist"
tags: mystery insect, name that bug, insects
Mystery Bug, as seen in Houston, Texas.
Anisomorpha buprestoides, a stick insect that sprays acid from its back, temporarily blinding its assailants. So don't mess with this bug if you value your eyesight!
The only identification I can think of is a stick insect, but I don't know if that is correct, nor do I have any idea what species it might be (if it is a stick insect).
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Comments
It's a walkingstick insect, order Phasmida. It might even be this one.
Posted by: Albatrossity | May 19, 2008 10:08 AM
thanks albatrossity!
Posted by: "GrrlScientist" | May 19, 2008 10:22 AM
Name this insect?
OK,
How about 'Sticky'?
Posted by: Sigmund | May 19, 2008 10:24 AM
Jethro.
Posted by: Matt Platte | May 19, 2008 10:56 AM
This specimen look to be quite a bit smaller than the stick insects I have encountered. Perhaps it's in an intermediate instar stage?
Posted by: Larry Ayers | May 19, 2008 11:32 AM
I hate these things. They haunt my house in Jacksonville, Fl. One sprayed me while i was walking into my house (he was above the door), and my eyes burnt for an hour. I dont trust them.
Posted by: kyle | May 19, 2008 12:02 PM
OK, that's the blue one with the "pilot" tag. But how about the one on the right?
Posted by: Bob O'H | May 19, 2008 12:47 PM
Ben Stein?
It looks like one of those four-legged insects mentioned in the bible.
Posted by: wrpd | May 19, 2008 8:20 PM