A female Megaphasma dentricus walking stick bug grasps a grass stem.
Close-up view of a female Megaphasma dentricus walking stick bug on the side of a downed and weathered tree trunk. The walking stick is reaching down and reaching for a stem of grass that has a panicle on top. The panicle has a cluster of light green-blonde spikeletes growing off in a single row. The walking stick grabs the panicle and pulls in closer to it with long, thin arms that are bent at the elbow. The walking stick's forearms are more delicate compared to its hearty set of middle and back legs. The end of the right antennae curves inward toward the panicle and touches the walking stick's right front arm. The walking stick grows gradually in length as it reaches the thorax and becomes blunt and segmented along its upward-curving abdomen.