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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It's a walkingstick insect, order Phasmida. It might even be this one.
thanks albatrossity!
Name this insect?
OK,
How about 'Sticky'?
Jethro.
This specimen look to be quite a bit smaller than the stick insects I have encountered. Perhaps it's in an intermediate instar stage?
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.
OK, that's the blue one with the "pilot" tag. But how about the one on the right?
Ben Stein?
It looks like one of those four-legged insects mentioned in the bible.