Friday, August 20, 2010

Two-striped Walkingstick Insects - I was lucky!

 Anisomorpha buprestoides. The larger of the two is the female with the small male insect on it's back. I was lucky because I found out after taking this photo that this insect can spray a caustic chemical more than a foot and it can cause sever eye pain, irritation and even blindness! I was inches away taking pix when I found them on my door frame tonight . As I went to close the door and head inside she scurried through the opening by the hinge and followed me into the house! What do you DO with an insect this big?!? It had to be 6" long. I used a flip flop to shoo it out and it quickly fled.

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