If I had stopped to guess I would probably have considered the author a longicorn beetle or some fiddling orthopter.
"Edge of the Jungle"
William Beebe
"A splendid longicorn," he said, fishing a pill-box from his pocket, and carefully imprisoning his captive.
"Middy and Ensign"
G. Manville Fenn
Many longicorn beetles mimic these in colour, slender shape of body and limbs, rapid movements, and the readiness with which they take to flight.
"Darwin and Modern Science"
A.C. Seward and Others