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lizalee
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"Wondering about my WalkingStick"
 
   I posted to the What Bug is This forum but this seems to be the place for experts. I found this small walking stick in a spider's web outside my classroom window. I resuced it and am curious about it. I am thinking about making it a classroom pet (I teach 4th Grade) but want to know more about it. I spent the day Googling for info but found nothing definitive.

I live in Boulder Creek, CA. That's in the coastal range between San Jose and Santa Cruz. We live in a redwood forest.

I have this Walkingstick in a large (tall) mason jar with blackberry and rose brambles to nibble on. It seems active and healthy but I'm not sure -- other than lack of movement -- how I'd know otherwise.

Thoughts? Advice? ID?

Here's the pic.


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lizalee
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4 posts		 Oct-02-05, 08:52 PM (PST)
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1. "RE: Wondering about my WalkingStick"
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   LAST EDITED ON Oct-03-05 AT 01:36 PM (PST) by Clark (admin)
 
Here is another picture of it. It looks weird because I "sharpened" it in Photoshop.



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prillbug
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2. "RE: Wondering about my WalkingStick"
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   LAST EDITED ON Oct-03-05 AT 08:31 AM (PST)
 
The Order is Hemiptera--True bugs.
It's the family Emesidae--Thread-legged Bugs. Genus: Emesis sp. I couldn't give you a species identification because I can't discern specific characteristics and do not possess literature on the species of Western United States.

Jeff Prill


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Bugman52
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3. "RE: Wondering about my WalkingStick"
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   They're predaceous on other insects. You might want to go back to your rose bush and see if you can find a bud covered with aphids to put in the jar. Normally thread-legged bugs are found around buildings or under loose bark, so aphids would not be common food for them. Still they're easy to find food for small spiders and predaceous insects.

Cheers!
Dennis


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bgarthe
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4. "RE: Wondering about my WalkingStick"
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CORRECTION-----------


Not to be a pain, but I think that Walkingsticks are in the order Orthoptera, not Hemiptera. Also, I believe the family is Phasmidae. Now there could have been a reclassification I am not aware of, but the wings of these are (not as I see them) "half-wings" like with the Hemiptera. While some species do not have wings, those that do are along the "straight wings" of the Orthoptera.

Respectfully, Bill

Bill G.


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