Two-striped Walkingstick-Anisomorpha buprestoides

I found these guys hanging out behind a palm tree,, never seen one of these before either,, came back to do some research and this is whats reported "Members of this genus can deliver a chemical spray to the eyes that can cause corneal damage " sheesh,,,,,, some of these bugs have some kind of defense mechanisms

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Good thing you had your camera to hide behind

Are they mating?

Jimmer411 wrote in post #3967355
Good thing you had your camera to hide behind

Are they mating?

yes I believe so,, there were quite a few out there,, it was rather windy,, alot of the shots didnt turn out, but most seemed to have a small male on top of them, and they were in fairly large groups of 2-10,, somewhat of an orgy I guess

It seems like you have as many wierd bug in Florida as we have here in Africa Jim LOL!! I wonder if this one also kills and eats the male after she has mated as some of the mantis species does??

Lovely capture of an odd looking bug- assumed they were fat stick insects but looks like they are mantids ?
Brian V.

jaharris1001 wrote in post #3967347
...came back to do some research and this is whats reported "Members of this genus can deliver a chemical spray to the eyes that can cause corneal damage " .

Shhh! Don't say that too loudly, or we'll get clobbered by the Health & Safety guys...

Can you imagine having to wear a hard hat & goggles before going on a bug hunt.

Great capture BTW.