Say hello to my little friend

[Capriman86]

It was in the bush next to the back door.
Wifey wasn't to happy to see it.....I kinda liked him.

He seems to be missing a limb...poor guy

[85vert]

I was scared to click this.

[captnet]

A walking stick!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phasmatodea

[Capriman86]

I was scared to click this.

But curious as you did click

So now i am worried

A walking stick!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phasmatodea

Yep a stick bug!

[dahberg]

Haven't seen one of them in over 30 years! Them and praying-mantis are cool...

[85vert]

But curious as you did click

So now i am worried

My impure thoughts extend to your Capri only, you have nothing to fear.

[dburdyshaw]

From Wikipedia . . .

Many stick insects are easy to care for, and make excellent first pets. The Indian (or Laboratory) stick insect, Carausius morosus, requires a tall (25+ cm) vivarium (even a jar with a few holes punched in the top), some bramble, ivy, or privet and an atmosphere at room temperature. Indian stick insects are all female and reproduce by parthenogenesis and seem content living on their own. Occasionally part-male part-female individuals are reared in captivity, but never true males. The stick insects shed and may eat the shed skin. By the sixth shed the stick insect will lay eggs.


Let's think about this . . .

"Many stick insects are easy to care for, and make excellent first pets." Hmmm. I'm thinking a better first pet is something named Fido that you can take out on a leash (and let bite your annoying neighbor).

"Indian sticks are all female." Hmmm. Draw your own thoughts here.

"Occasionally part-male part-female individuals are reared in captivity." Hmmm. So those are kinda like pre-opt transgendered people?

Yes ---- I have a lot of free time on my hands ---- but those are cool pics! Great close-ups!

[Capriman86]

My impure thoughts extend to your Capri only, you have nothing to fear.

suurrrrrrrrre

Thought he was cool....hadn't seen one in a couple years.
Glad you liked him! sorry HER.

[mfpmax]

Haven't seen one of them in over 30 years! Them and praying-mantis are cool...

Yeah I used to see them all the time in my yard...but not anymore, guess the lizards are always eating them or something.

[85vert]

I bet they taste like chicken.

[gmars302]

Didn't "Buffalo Bill" from "The Silence of the Lambs" like bugs too!

[cagecreed]

Yeah I used to see them all the time in my yard...but not anymore, guess the lizards are always eating them or something.

Florida has lizards?

[mfpmax]

Florida has lizards?

Only a few...

[Capriman86]

He is back.......I like him...He scares my wife.

[86GT2go]

Florida has more lizards than people; and the lizards are actually worth more than most of the people in Florida (those who live there or have lived there know of what I speak).

[Sweet'83]

Wow...I've never seen or heard of those before! They look like they really blend in well with their surroundings. cOol..Thanks for showing us Jeff!

[mfpmax]

They blend in very well, there are also these leaf looking ones that look just like a leaf in a tree. Very good defense mechanism.

[dahberg]

They blend in very well, there are also these leaf looking ones that look just like a leaf in a tree. Very good defense mechanism.

OK, now you got me wanting to see the "leaf looking ones"...
Are they found in Florida only? Guess I better go GOOGLE!
Not sure what to look for though... geesh, I need a life... lol

[mfpmax]

I doubt they are Florida only, pretty sure i've seen them in other states i've been to.

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_clos...&refnum=395867 Here is a cricket like variant.

[Blue86]

Yeah I used to see them all the time in my yard...but not anymore, guess the lizards are always eating them or something.

I bet they taste like chicken.

The lizards or the stick bugs?

[MrsCapriGT]

I think he's cute, he looks like bamboo. I think I'll call him bambug.. Yes..

[dahberg]

I doubt they are Florida only, pretty sure i've seen them in other states i've been to.

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_clos...&refnum=395867 Here is a cricket like variant.

Aw ha, the katey-did. I did not realize they looked so much like a leaf until viewing the link provided. Thanks! Thought there was yet another common critter I had not seen.

I need to shoot a picture of the blue shell crawfish here on our campus at California Sate University Bakersfield. Saw a couple of these guys for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Imagine a neon electric blue crawfish under water! Thought the water was polluted with radio active material... lol

http://www.lacrawfish.com/photogallery.html

[Hooptie]

Those things are awesome, they're out here on the great planes and in the ozarks as well. I've spotted several Mantii roaming around before in mid missouri, as well as walking sticks that were close to 10" long. They were usually around oak trees and close to foundations, they would just look like a twig on the ground until you spooked them.

As for the leaf bugs? Never seen a wild one, but in captivity they're freaking cool.


No thanks, not for me, but the walking sticks out here are cool.

[gtluke]

omg there aren't shoes big enough to kill all the bugs

[Hooptie]

I'm going to step on you.

Or I'll get Muhfreeuh to do it.