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bigred Ashdown, AR(Zone 8a) Sep 27, 2009

Found this while cleaning out my peony bed. Kinda reminds me of the worm guys from MIB. What is it?Glad it didn't get on me or EVERYONE would have heard me yelling...LOL

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Sep 27, 2009

This most likely is a stick insect (order Phasmatodea; also known as walkingsticks) - see http://tinyurl.com/y9cacum for an example. Some of thick-bodied ones such as Anisomorpha buprestoides (see http://tinyurl.com/ybg366l) can squirt a very irritating chemical from glands just behind the head.

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bigred Ashdown, AR(Zone 8a) Sep 27, 2009

Well,that certainly looks like Big Ugly.Glad I didn't make it mad and squirt me.

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