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#1 Offline AntsBrazil - Posted November 26 2016 - 5:10 PM

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Found in my window.

Location: Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.

Size: 10cm from the antennae to it's end. 

 

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Atta sexdens

Camponotus rufipes

Camponotus cf. puntulactus

Pachycondyla striata

Solenopsis saevissima

 

 

 


#2 Offline Solenoqueen - Posted November 26 2016 - 5:24 PM

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Relevantly to your country, this is a brazilian walking stick insect.


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#3 Offline AntsBrazil - Posted November 26 2016 - 5:25 PM

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 Phasmida? Don't look like the google photos tho.


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Atta sexdens

Camponotus rufipes

Camponotus cf. puntulactus

Pachycondyla striata

Solenopsis saevissima

 

 

 


#4 Offline Solenoqueen - Posted November 26 2016 - 5:28 PM

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 Phasmida? Don't look like the google photos tho.

Check again. I am very sure.


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#5 Offline gcsnelling - Posted November 26 2016 - 7:48 PM

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That is one very cool Phasmid.


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#6 Offline Salmon - Posted November 26 2016 - 7:51 PM

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I think it's a member of the genus Prisopus.



#7 Offline Serafine - Posted November 27 2016 - 2:39 AM

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 Phasmida? Don't look like the google photos tho.

There's a broad variety of them (and other plant-mimicing insects) which can look VERY different.
 
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We should respect all forms of consciousness. The body is just a vessel, a mere hull.

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#8 Offline AntsBrazil - Posted November 27 2016 - 4:04 AM

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I think it's a member of the genus Prisopus.

It is, the photos on google look very similar, thanks. 


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Atta sexdens

Camponotus rufipes

Camponotus cf. puntulactus

Pachycondyla striata

Solenopsis saevissima

 

 

 





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