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Anisomorpha buprestoides (Florida Stick Insect; Two-Striped Walkingstick)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Anisomorpha buprestoides (Southern Two-Striped Walkingstick, Devil Rider, or Musk Mare) is a stick insect (Order Phasmatodea: otherwise known as "phasmids" or walkingsticks) which occurs throughout the southeastern United States. Anisomorpha buprestoides is a large, stout (for a stick insect) brown phasmid with three conspicuous longitudinal black stripes. Females average 67.7 mm in length; males are smaller and more slender, averaging 41.7 mm.
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Prey / Diet

Ceratiola ericoides (sand heath)[1]
Lagerstroemia indica (crapemyrtle)[1]
Lyonia ferruginea (rusty staggerbush)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Twostriped Walkingstick, Anisomorpha buprestoides (Stoll) (Insecta: Phasmatodea: Pseudophasmatidae), Michael C. Thomas, University of Florida, November 2003. Revised February 2008
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0