Check this thing out. I've been researching it but haven't had the time to write about it. The more I read about it, the more complicated and fascinating it gets. Thought I would give you a chance to ponder this mystery before I get my writing shoes on. For reference, it was about 2 cm long (not including antennae), was hanging vertically on my Adirondack chair on my porch on the Dipper Ranch in May. I have never seen one before.
Interesting... Try posting a photo to BugGuide...
ReplyDeleteYours looks like a female. After a hike once, we found a brown one hanging onto a pack after getting back to JO's house. It was a male, with asymmetric genitalia (!). I took some dissecting scope images before we returned him. In 2012 we found a pair together.
ReplyDeleteStop reading if you don't want to know what it is yet...
There's a key here: http://www.herper.com/insects/timema.html