The elusive Giant Walkingstick

The elusive Giant Walkingstick was most definitely eluding me. Could such a critter be camera shy? The Texas Hill Country is an entomolgist's dreamland. I saw dragonflies, damselflies and butterflies… no walkingstick.


Damselfly Unidentified

I saw crickets, grasshoppers and a praying mantis… no walkingstick.


Praying Mantis

I saw spiders, beetles and bumblebees… still no walkingstick.


Green June Beetle (Cotinis nitida)

I looked high and low, deep and wide, and even day and night. By this point, I would have been satisfied with the not-so-giant walkingstick. I had given up hope on big ole granddaddy walkingstick… so where was little grandbaby walkingstick?

Well, I must admit that it was great fun searching and I certainly added to my repertoire of bug images. I guess just like most things, you count the positives and head back out there next season… so here’s looking forward to next year's “walkingstick season”.

Alas, as promised, here is the original image that sent me on this journey in the first place.


Giant Walkingstick
Bastrop, Texas