#4185 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Northern Walkingstick

Diapheromera femorata

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 outside Europe

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Distant Hill Gardens · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Alan Wells · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ken Rosenthal · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Dave Govoni · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Vilseskogen · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Anita Gould · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Stephen Little · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Jenn Forman Orth · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The common walkingstick or northern walkingstick ( Diapheromera femorata ) is a species of phasmid or stick insect found across North America. 7 in) for females.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 27,716iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
27,716 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Thomas Say in 1824 (202 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Northern Walkingstick
scientific name: Diapheromera femorata
class: Insecta
order: Phasmida
family: Diapheromeridae
sightings in NL: 0
sightings worldwide: 27,716
GBIF records in NL: 0
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1824 by Thomas Say

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 84286, Wikidata Q5153638, GBIF 1409474, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.