Diapheromera arizonensis

Diapheromera arizonensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Diapheromeridae
Genus: Diapheromera
Species:
D. arizonensis
Binomial name
Diapheromera arizonensis
Caudell, 1903

Diapheromera arizonensis, colloquially called the Arizona walkingstick, sometimes the Creosote walking stick (not to be confused with the Creosote bush walking stick, Diapheroma covilleae), is a species of walking stick in the family Diapheromeridae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America,[2] particularly in Arizona, part of New Mexico, and the Mexican state of Sonora.[5]

Description

The Creosote walking stick is around 3-6 inches long[5] and mostly brown. They are not venomous and don't have stingers. Stick bugs are herbivores,[6] with the Arizona walking stick preferring native shrubs such as globemallow, creosote, burroweed, and deer weed.[7] They're usually nocturnal.

Arizona walkingstick, Diapheromera arizonensis

References

  1. ↑ "Diapheromera arizonensis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  2. 1 2 "Diapheromera arizonensis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  3. ↑ "Diapheromera arizonensis Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  4. ↑ "Diapheromera arizonensis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  5. 1 2 "Arizona Walking Stick". Phoenix Zoo. Retrieved 2026-06-17.
  6. ↑ "Walking Stick". Yard and Garden. Retrieved 2026-06-17.
  7. ↑ Graf, Nora (March 2018). "Walking Sticks" (PDF). Yavapai Gardens Master Gardener Newsletter. Arizona: University of Arizona: Yavapai County Cooperative Extension. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 2026-06-16.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Brock, Paul D. (1999). The amazing world of stick and leaf-insects. Vol. 26. The Amateur Entomologists' Society. ISBN 0-900054-63-8. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  • Otte, Daniel; Brock, Paul (2003). Phasmida Species File: A Catalog of the Stick and Leaf Insects of the World. The Orthopterists' Society. ISBN 1-929014-03-1.
  • Otte, Daniel; Brock, Paul (2005). Phasmida Species File: Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the World. Vol. Second Edition. Insect Diversity Association at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. ISBN 1-929014-08-2.
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