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Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:59 pm
Posted by Bamafig
Member since Nov 2018
5868 posts
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:59 pm


Any ideas? It was about 3” long and had a smaller one (male) attached to its back. Creepy
Posted by TheGeauxt9
South Louisiana
Member since May 2021
372 posts
Posted on 10/3/25 at 11:01 pm to
Walkingstick, technical term, thats a stick bug baw
Posted by Bamafig
Member since Nov 2018
5868 posts
Posted on 10/3/25 at 11:08 pm to
Probably so. I’ve never seen one that fat. (I don’t need the Michael Scott joke)
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
60505 posts
Posted on 10/3/25 at 11:12 pm to
Man, that’s a gnarly looking creature!
Posted by Tangineck
Mandeville
Member since Nov 2017
2739 posts
Posted on 10/4/25 at 8:08 am to
2 striped walking stick. Common for the larger female to have the male "ghost rider" on their back. They also can eject acidic venom from some glands on their body which can cause blindness, not even kidding. Best to leave alone.
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
60505 posts
Posted on 10/4/25 at 3:41 pm to
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back. They also can eject acidic venom from some glands on their body which can cause blindness


Damn!
Posted by RaginCajunz
Member since Mar 2009
7081 posts
Posted on 10/4/25 at 6:12 pm to
I remember camping in the 90s for boy scouts and waking up with one of those monsters inches from my face on the inside of my mosquito netting. Still gives me the heebie-jeebies many years later.

I slid right on out onto the ground as flat as I could.
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