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• Severe outbreaks of the walking stick, " Diapheromera femorata ", have occurred in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma.
• Some species, such as the young nymphs of " Extatosoma tiaratum ", have been observed to curl the Diapheromera femorata " have fleshy projections resembling elaiosomes ( fleshy structures sometimes attached to seeds ) that attract ants.
• It is not uncommon for this species to assume the mating posture for days or weeks on end, and among some species ( " Diapheromera veliei " and " D . covilleae " ), pairing can last three to 136 hours in captivity.
• When threatened, some phasmids that are equipped with metathoracic legs ( " Oncotophasma martini ", " Eurycantha calcarata ", " Eurycantha horrida ", " Diapheromera veliei ", " Diapheromera covilleae " ) respond by curling the abdomen upward and repeatedly swinging the legs together, grasping at the threat.
• When threatened, some phasmids that are equipped with metathoracic legs ( " Oncotophasma martini ", " Eurycantha calcarata ", " Eurycantha horrida ", " Diapheromera veliei ", " Diapheromera covilleae " ) respond by curling the abdomen upward and repeatedly swinging the legs together, grasping at the threat.
• Phasmatodea are recognized as injurious to forest and shade trees by defoliation . " Didymuria violescens ", " Podacanthus wilkinsoni " and " Ctenomorphodes tessulatus " in Australia, " Diapheromera femorata " in North America and " Graeffea crouani " in coconut plantations in the American South, as well as in Michigan and Wisconsin, the walking stick is a significant problem in parks and recreation sites where it consumes the foliage of oaks and other hardwoods.