Diapheromera femorata - Northern Walking Stick, female perched on an oak branch.

Illinois, USA
Diapheromera femorata - Northern Walking Stick, male and female.

Illinois, USA
Diapheromera femorata - Northern Walking Stick, female perched on an oak branch.

Illinois, USA
Diapheromera femorata - Northern Walking Stick, male perched on an oak branch.

Illinois, USA
Stick insect eggs often mimic plant seeds. These Diapheromera eggs are dispersed by ants.

Illinois, USA
An egg emerges from the abdomen of a Northern Walking  Stick Diapheromera femorata.  The eggs fall to the forest floor where they overwinter before hatching.

Illinois, USA
Formica obscuripes ant examining eggs of the Northern Walking Stick Diapheromera femorata.  Ants find the seed-like eggs attractive and may carry them to protected overwintering sites.

Wisconsin, USA
Diapheromera femorata - Northern Walking Stick, female perched on an oak branch.

Illinois, USA
Diapheromera femorata - Northern Walking Stick, female perched on an oak branch.

Illinois, USA
Diapheromera femorata - Northern Walking Stick, female perched on an oak branch.

Illinois, USA
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