Graybeal's Longhorn vs Hainan Stick Insect

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Graybeal's Longhorn Hainan Stick Insect
Scientific Name Anoplophora graafi Ramulus hainanense
Order Coleoptera Phasmatodea
Family Cerambycidae Phasmatidae
Size 30-50 mm 8-11 cm
Habitat Forests Forests
Diet Wood Feeders Herbivores
Regions Sulawesi, Indonesia China (Hainan Island)
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Graybeal's Longhorn

A large and stout longhorn beetle from the forests of Sulawesi, with a dark body covered in dense greyish-blue pubescence. The elytra bear scattered pale spots. It is a wood borer of tropical hardwoods.

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Did You Know?

Females of this species can lay over 200 eggs during their adult lifespan of several months.

Hainan Stick Insect

A slender green stick insect found on Hainan Island in southern China. It feeds on tropical broadleaf vegetation.

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Did You Know?

Hainan Island's isolation has produced several endemic phasmid species found nowhere else.