8/8/2008.  Half way between the fire station and the historic bridge on the Ortega Highway in the Cleveland National Forest. © Sam Stewart, Project Manager/Ecologist, BonTerra Consulting, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Western Shorthorned Walkingstick

Parabacillus hesperus

Orthoptera: Heteronemiidae

(But many authors place walking sticks in an order separate from Orthoptera)

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8/8/2008.  Half way between the fire station and the historic bridge on the Ortega Highway in the Cleveland National Forest. © Sam Stewart, Project Manager/Ecologist, BonTerra Consulting, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

James Dilley Preserve, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Orange County, CA. 10/23/15. © Charles Wright