Andean insect with funny tail
March 23, 2010
Found this guy In the Ecuadorian Andes mountains around 12 or 13,000 feet. He seemed to be looking down into a hole in the moss and moved very little. No other bugs present that I could see. Saw one other walking but didn’t take a picture. It seems that the tail lays flat when they walk.
Samuel
Cajas National Park, Cuenca, Ecuador
Hi Samuel,
We wish you had a photo from the front as well as the rear. We don’t know for certain, but we believe this may be a Rove Beetle. We hope to get some confirmation.
Update: January 4, 2011
An identification request that just arrived leads us to believe that this is more likely a Phasmid or Walkingstick than a Rove Beetle.