What kind of bug is this?

[UGSAce]

ha learn something new everyday

[Admiral Donutz]

Originally Posted by >Omen<

Yeah, I've seen one of those, though they're not as common as the Preying Mantis.



I saw a bug mt biking once in Eastern Washington that was a bright green beetle with wild looking bright red or orange stripes on it (don't recall which). I'd never seen anything like it and I've yet to find a picture of one.

That's a stick insect (Carausius morosus) not? We call them 'wandelende tak" or "walking branch" / "walking stick".

[masked_marsoe]

Right, can anyone identify this bug?

Spoiler:

Landed on a friends leg. Found in East Africa. I've been curious about it for ages.

[>Omen<]

It's definitely some type of grasshopper, but being as it's in Africa it could make for an exhaustive search to find which one. Africa probably has more grasshopper species than anywhere in the world.

Check out this site, there's some bright green grasshoppers on it that are nymphs (babies) of the Grey Bird grasshopper which look very similar, but they're in the US and don't have the nice reptilian looking ridge on the back (14th pic). Note the stick looking Spanish grasshopper in the 25th pic near the bottom of the page.

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/grasshoppers_2.html

[Reldorage]

It's just a male misquito, thats all. We call them "squitos" for short where I live.