Andropromachus Stick Insect vs Titan Stick Insect

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Andropromachus Stick Insect Titan Stick Insect
Scientific Name Andropromachus scutatus Acrophylla titan
Order Phasmatodea Phasmatodea
Family Lonchodidae Phasmatidae
Size 5-8 cm 160-260 mm
Habitat Mountains Beaches & Coastal
Diet Herbivores Herbivores
Regions China (Yunnan) Oceania
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Andropromachus Stick Insect

A winged stick insect from Yunnan Province in China with a shield-like thoracic plate. Males are capable of sustained flight.

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Did You Know?

Its scutellum (shield-shaped plate on the thorax) is unusually prominent for a Necrosciinae stick insect.

Titan Stick Insect

One of the longest stick insects in Australia and among the longest insects in the world. Females can reach over 250 mm in body length with legs extended to nearly half a meter.

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Did You Know?

Female titan stick insects drop their eggs from the treetops to the forest floor below, where they may take over two years to hatch.