Gyas Beetle vs Ocnophiloidea Walking Stick

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Gyas Beetle Ocnophiloidea Walking Stick
Scientific Name Dynastes gyas Ocnophiloidea regularis
Order Coleoptera Phasmatodea
Family Dynastinae Diapheromeridae
Size 50-110 mm 4-7 cm
Habitat Forests Forests
Diet Sap Feeders Herbivores
Regions Brazil Central America, Northern South America
Conservation Not Evaluated Least Concern

Gyas Beetle

A large South American relative of the Hercules beetle with shorter, thicker horns. Body is dark brown to black.

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Did You Know?

Unlike the Hercules beetle, their elytra remain dark and do not change color with humidity.

Ocnophiloidea Walking Stick

A small, robust walkingstick from Central and South America. It has a slightly roughened body surface for bark mimicry.

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Did You Know?

It represents a group of tropical American walkingsticks that remain poorly studied by taxonomists.