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title: "Northern Walkingstick"
description: "Diapheromera femorata — Owady i pająki. The common walkingstick or northern walkingstick (Diapheromera femorata) is a species of phasmid or stick insect found across North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/northern-walkingstick
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Walkingstick

> Diapheromera femorata — Owady i pająki. The common walkingstick or northern walkingstick (Diapheromera femorata) is a species of phasmid or stick insect found across North America.

- Scientific name: *Diapheromera femorata*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 26398
- Wikidata: [Q5153638](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5153638)
- iNaturalist taxon: [84286](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84286)

## Names

- en: Northern Walkingstick
- es: Insecto palo norteño
- fr: Bâtonnet ordinaire

## Countries with the most observations

US (11621), CA (4262), MX (65)

## Summary

The common walkingstick or northern walkingstick (Diapheromera femorata) is a species of phasmid or stick insect found across North America. The average length of this species is 75 millimetres (3.0 inches) for males and 95 mm (3.7 in) for females.
The insect is found in deciduous forest throughout North America, where it eats many types of plant foliage. Even though the common walkingstick is a generalist it does tend to prefer foliage from oak and hazelnut trees. Localised clusters of these insects sometimes occur; however, the insects have no wings, and dispersal from tree to tree is limited.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_walkingstick

## Photo

![Northern Walkingstick](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-walkingstick/medium.jpg)

Photo: jodyb77 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140571479

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-walkingstick?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).