female walkingstick

Class: Hexapoda (animals with six legs - includes all insects)
Order: Phasmida (walkingsticks and leaf insects)
Family: Heteronemiidae (common walkingsticks)
Species: Diapheromera sp. (probably femorata)
Common Name: walkingstick (general)
Date: 2003 September 16
Place: Guadalupe Mountains National Park
    Pine Springs Visitor Center at night

This is a female walkingstick. The femora of the middle and hind pair of legs have a spine near the tip. According to Helfer, these are "usually abundant only every other year in a given locality".

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