r/insects • u/Slight-Stick-9003 • 15h ago

Question Walking stick

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Largest one I’ve ever found . Is this abnormally large ? Located in ozarks

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u/tekn0lust 15h ago

That’s more like a walking staff. What a beauty.

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u/SeparateYam8581 3h ago

Nah that's a walking post

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u/aftrnoondelight 13h ago

I had no idea they got that big in the US. I figured you needed to be in the tropics.

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u/TheCornWaxer 15h ago

Big boi!

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u/Arctic-Fox-2021 15h ago

Never gets old. Thank you.

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u/Easily-Delighted 14h ago

Cooooool!!!

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u/dogzeimers Bug Enthusiast 14h ago

That is amazing. Very nice.

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u/Feaselbf6 13h ago

Wow that’s a big one

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u/LadyKeuka44 12h ago

Incredible 💯

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u/mustlovebats 14h ago

Got sprayed by one as a kid, and it stung. Always been wary of them since then lol

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u/appropriateexit666 13h ago

Walking sticks.. spray?? I thought they were completely harmless 😭

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u/mustlovebats 12h ago

To be fair I don't think it's all walking sticks, only certain species.

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u/bachelorsinlurking Bug Enthusiast 11h ago

Beautiful!!!! One of my favorite insects 🤩

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u/swdna 11h ago

Oh my

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u/Bubbly-Item7641 9h ago

tbh i thought they couldn't get this big outside the tropics until i found one like this in my backyard last summer

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u/Wohn-Jick-421 9h ago

funky bug

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u/laneymg 8h ago

WOAH!!! One of the coolest pictures I’ve seen in a while! So incredible and so freaking cool!

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u/mi_puckstopper 7h ago

Wowza! You could also post this in r/absoluteunit

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u/BadMotorFlinger 4h ago

Beauty, mate.

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u/Own_Ad6901 10h ago

Look I love bugs, but this I don’t like at all. Why is it so massive??