Stick insect

[Ian]

Spotted on the back door fly screen this morning! We've seen them before, but this is the first this year:









The angled ones are focus-stacked hand-held - these could have been better. The one with my hand for scale was taken using my phone.

Ian

[Joe_T]

Nice shots. Insects are interesting and it is amazing how many different ones there are.

[Ian]

By late afternoon, it's still there, hanging on as the fly-screen curtain has to be traversed to get to the back of the garden! The long front 'antennae' are actually its front legs, and you see them gesticulating from time to time.

Ian

[Harold Gough]

That's a lot to get in focus.

Harold

[davcoll]

Nice one Ian, I used to find them hiding behind the shutters.

Dave

[BDennis]

Ah interesting to see - I've never seen them in the wild! I didn't know you got them in France.

Bill

[Ian]

Ah interesting to see - I've never seen them in the wild! I didn't know you got them in France.

Bill

Yes, there is even a French variant; Clonopsis gallica. The couple I have seen here have been similar in appearance, a medium grey colour, but from my research they can be green or a lighter, almost pinkish tone.

The picture with my hand for scale was a bit misleading as my hand was nearer the camera. It's bigger than it looks there. They don't have wings, but those legs are very long! It stayed in the same place until early evening even though the fly screen curtain is a fairly insecure place to rest!

Ian

[Ian]

Nice one Ian, I used to find them hiding behind the shutters.

Dave

Along with roosting bats?

Ian