A photo circulated on social media shows a giant bug on a boy’s back. Is this image real or fake? It’s real. Let’s first take a look at the photo in question. The photo above was tweeted out several times in February 2014, often with the same caption: “If this bug landed on me my soul would leave my body.” A variant appeared on social media in mid-2014 with the text “Bruh, if this bug landed on me my soul would leave my body.” What kind of bug is it? While some commenters have suggested that the photo features a praying mantis, the insect in the photo appears to be a phasmid, an order of insects commonly referred to as walking sticks, stick-bugs, or stick insects. There are more than 3000 species of phasmids, many of which are kept as pets, despite an appearance which some find menacing. Stick insects can be found for sale by pet shops or websites, such as Amazing Amazon which offers it for sale for $25 when it is in stock. The exact species of the phasmid in the picture is uncertain, although the most likely candidate appears to be the Goliath Stick, known as the [...]
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