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Skinny
Northern walkingsticks are thin and tubular, around 3 to 3 Vi inches in length, with long, slender legs and antennae. They are most active at night when they feed on the leaves of tree leaves, mainly oaks, hickories, locusts and cherries. A century ago they were more numerous in northern forests and considered pests, but outbreaks are rare now and they are generally viewed as mere curiosities.
They are slow-moving, graceful creatures. Incapable of flight, they walk around mainly at night in tree canopies munching on leaves. During the day they rest quietly, sticking out forelegs and antennae to more resemble the surrounding twigs they mimic. As the tree branches move in the breeze, they make swaying motions also.
Hard to find
Finding walkingsticks during the day is a matter of chance. We can sometimes see them by training binoculars in trees where we can hear eggs dropping. But we know we’re missing most of them. Since they’re active at night we’d probably have better luck with spotlights, but we’ve not tried this yet.
Our walkingsticks have been active all growing season, but wf
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