Filigreed Stick Mantis vs Pine Sawyer Beetle

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Filigreed Stick Mantis Pine Sawyer Beetle
Scientific Name Toxodera fimbriata Monochamus galloprovincialis
Order Mantodea Coleoptera
Family Toxoderidae Cerambycidae
Size 75-100 mm 15-28 mm
Habitat Forests Forests
Diet Omnivores Wood Feeders
Regions Indonesia, Malaysia Europe, North Africa
Conservation Data Deficient Not Evaluated

Filigreed Stick Mantis

A stick mantis from Southeast Asia with fringed edges along its thorax and legs. The fringes break up its body outline among dead twigs and branches.

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Did You Know?

Its fringed body margins are more elaborate than any other species in the genus.

Pine Sawyer Beetle

A large brown longhorn beetle that breeds in dying or recently dead pine trees. It is a vector of the devastating pine wood nematode.

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Did You Know?

It can transmit pinewood nematode, which has destroyed vast pine forests in Portugal.