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PitterCol Yumbo, Colombia Jan 18, 2019

New to me.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jan 18, 2019

This appears to be an immature stick insect, and as such, you likely are going to have difficulty getting a specific i.d. for it. A very similar specimen can be seen at https://pixabay.com/en/videos/nature-stick-insect-leaf-garden-18633/ but unfortunately it is not identified.
Colombia has a very diverse stick insect fauna - the authors of this book estimate at least 300 different species could occur there - https://www.amazon.com/Stick-Insects-Colombia-bibliography-descriptions-ebook/dp/B005J2WNAE

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PitterCol Yumbo, Colombia Jan 18, 2019

Thanks very much. I have heard of that book.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jan 21, 2019

Please ignore the comment by WilliamChandler. The subfamily Clitumninae is restricted to Asia, and the specimen illustrated in Wikipedia looks nothing like PitterCol's specimen.

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