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plantmystic Dover, NH Oct 11, 2009

Hey, this is a bug that my friends little sister saw when they were in Florida.
They were in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida just south of Clearwater,
can anybody ID it?

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) Oct 11, 2009

It is a member of the group called walking sticks

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Oct 11, 2009

This is a stick insect all right, and one that you may wish to avoid handling. It appears to be Anisomorpha buprestoides, which can spray a caustic fluid from glands just behind its head when it feels threatened - see http://tinyurl.com/yfj6h59 for detailed information.

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