![Destinations La Torre, Peru, and Carara, Costa Rica – Hidin' in the Rainforest, Part II: cryptic walking sticks, Phasmatidae; horse-head grasshoppers, Proscopidiidae; and mantids, Mantidae — Bug of the Week Destinations La Torre, Peru, and Carara, Costa Rica – Hidin' in the Rainforest, Part II: cryptic walking sticks, Phasmatidae; horse-head grasshoppers, Proscopidiidae; and mantids, Mantidae — Bug of the Week](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/502d2cede4b0ab396711e089/1517240613695-FADUTMLL0AV76WESD1CW/stickmantid1500.jpg)
Destinations La Torre, Peru, and Carara, Costa Rica – Hidin' in the Rainforest, Part II: cryptic walking sticks, Phasmatidae; horse-head grasshoppers, Proscopidiidae; and mantids, Mantidae — Bug of the Week
Are praying mantises and walking sticks periodical insects like cicadas? They were in nearly every patch of long grass near my home on the north shore of Lake Erie two summers ago,
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