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Thread-legged bug

Emesaya brevipennis

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Field Notes

Description:

Stick-like insect. Has piercing mouthparts, so I suspect it is a Hemipteran.

Habitat:

On a picnic bench, near mixed hardwood forest.

Notes:

Looks like a match with this one: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7330576.

Reference Links:

Species Emesaya brevipennis - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
KristalWatrous
I agree. I think you'd have to have some familiarity with insects to notice that this is not a regular stick insect.
Juan DiTrani
interesting insect. People hardly believe this is not a Stick insect but a predator bug
Mostly Microbe
Cool find and thanks for the info! At first glance I thought it was one of those flying insects that looks like a giant mosquito, but as with most of my first impressions of bugs, I was wrong.

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PublishedSeptember 24, 2011

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