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!
Image Biosparite [larger].
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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Insects scuttle, chew and fly through the world around us. Humans rely on them to pollinate plants, prey on insects that we don’t get along with, and to be movers and shakers for Earth’s ecosystems. It’s hard to imagine a world without insects.
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Here's a chart I made this morning.
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.