R9a
An insect from two to four inches long that lives in bushes and looks like a dead twig:
| NR | 561 |
| WALKING STICK | 253 |
| DEVIL’S WALKING STICK | 43 |
| PRAYING MANTIS | 24 |
| NH | 20 |
| DEVIL’S DARNING NEEDLE | 18 |
| DARNING NEEDLE | 14 |
| DEVIL’S HORSE | 13 |
| STICK BUG | 9 |
| STICK INSECT | 9 |
| DEVIL HORSE | 7 |
| DEVIL’S RIDING HORSE | 5 |
| CATERPILLAR | 4 |
| MANTIS | 3 |
| ASP | 2 |
| DEVIL’S NEEDLES | 2 |
| DEVIL’S RACE HORSE | 2 |
| LOCUS | 2 |
| PISS MARE | 2 |
| STICK | 2 |
| STICK WORM | 2 |
| ARMY WORM | 1 |
| BEAN BEETLE | 1 |
| CATAWBA WORMS | 1 |
| DARN NEEDLE | 1 |
| DEVIL FLY | 1 |
| DEVIL’S CANE | 1 |
| DEVIL’S HAWK | 1 |
| DEVIL’S MANTIS | 1 |
| DEVIL’S MARE | 1 |
| DEVIL’S RIDY-HORSE | 1 |
| DEVIL’S STICK | 1 |
| DEVIL’S THORN-NEEDLE | 1 |
| FENCE-RAIL | 1 |
| FLYING MANTIS | 1 |
| FLYING MARE | 1 |
| GRANDADDY | 1 |
| GRANDADDY LONGLEGS | 1 |
| GRANDMOTHER’S DARNING NEEDLE | 1 |
| GRANPAW’S WALKING STICK | 1 |
| GRASSHOPPER | 1 |
| GYPSY MOTH | 1 |
| HAY WAGON | 1 |
| HAYRACKS | 1 |
| HORSE BUG | 1 |
| JIMMY LONGLEGS | 1 |
| LEAF-HOPPER | 1 |
| NEEDLE BUG | 1 |
| NIGHTSTICK | 1 |
| PISS HORSE | 1 |
| ROAD RUNNER | 1 |
| SPIT DEVILS | 1 |
| SPIT HORSE | 1 |
| SPITTING JENNY | 1 |
| STICK DEVIL HORSES | 1 |
| STICK HORSE | 1 |
| STICKS | 1 |
| STINGING WORMS | 1 |
| THOUSAND LEGS | 1 |
| THOUSAND-LEGGED WORM | 1 |
| TOBACCO SPITTER | 1 |
| TOMATO WORM | 1 |
| TOOTHPICK BUG | 1 |
| TREE TOADS | 1 |
| TWIG BUG | 1 |
| WALRUSES | 1 |
| WIREWORMS | 1 |
| WITCH DOCTOR | 1 |
| WOODEN HORSE | 1 |
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