Giant Stick Insect!

[Eelzor]

I was walking in my frontyard when I passed one of my conifer trees with some large stick hanging off it. I looked at the weirdly shaped stick closely for some time, and the stick a was infact a giant female stick insect! Attached to it was the smaller male. I got quite a shock looking at it. Apparently they were mating, so I just took a few shots for something to share. And don't call me a pervet for snapping photos of it while they were mating! Humans and dolphins are the only species that find it...well...different to other animals! The first shot is a simple pick of it (with the male attached closely on the back) a It was about 12 inches long, and it may not be the biggest insect in the world but it was one of the biggest stick insects i had seen!

 

[freshmike]

Very strange!!!!!!>>

 

[Eelzor]

the photo of it makes it look a little small, heres a comparison shot. Thats a full sized adult hand (My dad's actually) and this morning I looked outside and its still there! Looks like that place is going to be the nest. Let you in on what goes on in the future.

 

[Feline]

That's amazing!

 

[rsz]

i dont like it i used to keep stick insects but they werent scarily big like that!!

 

[Shark_Lover]

Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DOLORES]

and I was sayin william's were nasty?? oh my godness

 

[silver]

OH;....................MY;.....................G*D;.........

that has to be....................the wierdest thing....................
I have ever seen..............



How very strange in deed

 

[freshmike]

Way to dig up the rusty old threads silver!!! That stick bug still scares me.... (hold me)

 

[iloveyou]

holy crap... they used to sell those as pets here... i had a couple..

but they were like 3 inches long..

thats huge holy jesus

 

[boozybears]

ok.. that's just a little creepy! Can you imagine a bunch of those babies running around? (do they run or just hang out?)...... yuck!!!!

Val

 

[Eelzor]

wow, someone digged this classic thread from a while back! Indeed, that stick insect had babies and now there all over my yard . Quite cute IMO though.

I have noticed that most of the shocked people are americans/canadians. Don't stick insects live in america? (I didn't know, thats all)

 

[Eelzor]

ok.. that's just a little creepy! Can you imagine a bunch of those babies running around? (do they run or just hang out?)...... yuck!!!!

Val

Luckily, they are very slow at walking and don't run at all....







...BUT THEY FLY! (very fast too and I must say it's a very freaky sight when you see them fly)

 

[DOLORES]

i did haha lol they are in Argentina too...(i think...) i didnt see any of these in Virginia beach, or any placei've been to here in the states

 

[ryan]

I used to own the ones that fly, I have them specailly imported, why I don't know? But when you touch those things it sends a shiver down your spine!