Welcome to Round 2- Hemiptera vs Phasmida! Vote in the comments to see who will win the golden thorax 🏆

Today's reps are a Dogday Cicada (Neotibicen) and a Northern Walking Stick (Diapheromera femorata)!

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stick insect held gently in a person's (my) hand. The insect is long and thin, in brown colours, camouflaged to resemble a twig, and its legs are splayed out. In the background, a path near some vegetation. The overall impression is one of gentle observation of nature

large stick insect resting on the back of my hand. In the wrist, a fitness tracker and a rainbow bracelet. The background is blurred but shows vegetation. The overall impression is one of gentle interaction between human and nature

Found a stick insect 💚 they’re hard to spot, for obvious reasons :3 but they’re so chill and cute!
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#insects
#arthropoda
#nature
#phasmida

Large owl butterfly resting on a horizontal leaf possessing wings marked with a complicated brown pattern highlighted by a large eyespot on the underside of the hindwing. Species is Caligo teucer

Handsome butterfly sporting eyes with vertical lines, conspicuously yellow-tipped antennae, & brown and yellowish-tan wings dabbed with two arcs of dark spots resting on a horizontal forest leaf. Species is Naraope nesope

Stunning glasswing butterfly with stripped eyes and throrax markings, hanging from a white flower against a dark background. Its wings boast wide patches of opaque sapphire ringed with orange on a field of brown. Onega glasswing, Oleria onega astigara

A little orange-brown stick insect resting completely parallel to the long axis of a green stem with the exception of one antenna which is bent at 45-degrees - a deviation that gave away its presence. Order Phasmida

Lovely #butterflies & more. To cleanse the palate of Sunday's skippers, here’s a few #Nymphalidae. An humongous #owl #butterfly, a fine orange-winged beauty, an Onega #glasswing, & something not like the others, a sneaky stick insect #Phasmida whose wiggling antenna betrayed its hide out. #Ecuador

Crazy looking stick insect that mimics a stick with moss

Stick insect in subfamily Anisacanthinae trying very hard to be a stick with moss

📍Madagascar

#entomology #phasmida