Cuban Green Anole Click Beetle vs Blue Stick Insect

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Cuban Green Anole Click Beetle Blue Stick Insect
Scientific Name Alaus myops Achrioptera manga
Order Coleoptera Phasmatodea
Family Elateridae Achriopteridae
Size 25-45 mm 120-240mm
Habitat Woodlands Woodlands
Diet Wood Feeders Herbivores
Regions Cuba, Caribbean Africa
Conservation Not Evaluated Vulnerable

Cuban Green Anole Click Beetle

A large click beetle found in Cuba and the Caribbean with prominent false eyespots. It can launch itself into the air with an audible click.

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Did You Know?

Its clicking mechanism can launch it up to 30 centimeters into the air to escape predators.

Blue Stick Insect

A spectacular stick insect where males are electric blue with bright orange wings. Females are much larger and brown with rudimentary wings. It is endemic to northern Madagascar.

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Did You Know?

Males are electric blue with vivid orange wings, making them one of the most colorful insects on Earth.