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Post by jmg on Oct 20, 2017 12:56:58 GMT
Localization : October, 11th - Vereda La Cunchalita (Otanche, Boyacá) – 5°44’57.22’’N/74°14’44.19’’O – 1000 m asl Phasmid ?  |
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Post by mothman27 on Oct 20, 2017 13:08:16 GMT
Wow! That is a strikingly colored stick insect! How big was it?
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Post by trehopr1 on Oct 20, 2017 13:12:21 GMT
That is no ordinary stick insect. It is a Neotropical Stick Grasshopper (Proscopiidae); sometimes called "jumping sticks". Most extraordinary species I've ever seen !
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Post by jmg on Oct 20, 2017 13:19:36 GMT
How big was it? About 15 cm.  |
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Post by jshuey on Oct 20, 2017 13:33:36 GMT
This is really an Orthoptera right? Not a Phasmatodea.
john
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Post by mothman27 on Oct 20, 2017 13:39:52 GMT
Yes, I never would have guessed that! That head is ridiculous!
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Post by trehopr1 on Oct 20, 2017 13:45:58 GMT
It does indeed belong to the order Orthoptera. The family is small in number as I don't think anyone is working on the group. It is Neotropical in origin. I don't know if there are representatives elsewhere in the world. Had a single drawer of them at the museum where I once worked for 8 years.
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