Cedar Creek
Natural History Area


Insects of Cedar Creek

Order PHASMATODEA

Family HETERONEMIIDAE

(Common Walkingsticks)

(Table of Species)

The Woodland Walking Stick, Diapheromera femorata, is a common inhabitant of the Oak Woods on CCNHA.  Nymphs feed on Pin Oak foliage and adults commonly clamber about the Lab and Dormitory walls in the fall.  Eggs are reported to require two years to hatch.  The prairie Walking Stick, Diapheromera veleii, has not been collected here, but it does occur in Minnesota.
jhaar@lter.umn.edu Last updated May, 2000