Stick bug

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Everyone who remembers me knows I haven't really posted anything in a year, so I'm very out of practice. Well I thought I'd get some shots today and I caught this guy (who often lingers on my window). I always called this bug a stickbug growing up, if you know the real name let me know.

The pictures are OOF cause I was shaking like crazy and I never caught a good picture of him cause he was moving the whole time trying to escape my flash of doom.

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4005/stickbugzw1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4005/stickbugzw1.be1f2b8045.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=141&i=stickbugzw1.jpg)

ok,now look at this picture and imagine a 50 year old, heavy smoking women from Hollywood saying something like, "Hey there, Toots, ~cough cough~ wanna take a picture of me?"

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/948/stickbug2zu9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/948/stickbug2zu9.3dd717092a.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=267&i=stickbug2zu9.jpg)

The pictures aren't great, but my first time shooting macro in a year I figured I'd atless get an ID on this guy by posting them.

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Here's one more shot of him, still not that great but I mostly wanna know what kind of bug this really is.

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/130/stickbug3ji6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/130/stickbug3ji6.e05bab417e.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=253&i=stickbug3ji6.jpg)

[LordV]

Pretty good- that really is a stick insect. Always think long thin bugs like this are very hard to shoot

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Oh yeah, he was very hard to shoot. He wouldn't stop moving, wasn't really photographer-friendly. I also was trying to dodge bushes and everytime I lined up a shot it was in a different spot so I had to change my exposure settings. Thanks for the comment.

Shane

[johnkermit1]

nice attempt, and thr shots dont look too bad. i like #2. looks similar to a mantis, are they related?

[orionmystery]

Nice catch. I thought it was a mantis too because of the mantis like claws :D

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I think it's the same family, these guys disguise themselves as sticks and it's hard to actually see them when they're sitting still in areas with lots of small twigs.

Shane