Identification Challenge #8

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Troy Bartlett

15mm | January 17, 2011 | Cahuita National Park, Limon Province, Costa Rica

How specific can you get with an identification for what’s shown above?

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9 Responses to Identification Challenge #8

  1. Ted C. MacRae says:
    February 3, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    I was about to say a walkingstick, but something about this photo makes me think it’s hanging on silk on the underside of a leaf and, therefore, must be a spider. Honestly, I’ve never seen a spider this long and narrow before, so I’m just taking a guess.

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  2. Sara Rall says:
    February 3, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    how about an ogerfaced spider (Deinopsis sp.)? If it’s a walkingstick, mantis or katydid, though, I’m out.

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  3. Regina Temple says:
    February 4, 2011 at 7:45 AM

    I would also say a spider that has it’s legs pulled together making it look like a stick.

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  4. biozcw says:
    February 4, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    Argyrodes sp.? Maybe it is predator of other spiders.

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  5. Alex Wild says:
    February 4, 2011 at 9:22 PM

    It’s a thin horizontal line in a field of green.

    Do I get any points?

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    • Troy Bartlett says:
      February 5, 2011 at 4:13 PM

      If I weren’t too lazy to actually award and keep track of points, then you’d probably get sarcasm points. 🙂

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