Malayan Stick Insect vs Pine Sawyer Beetle

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Malayan Stick Insect Pine Sawyer Beetle
Scientific Name Phobaeticus serratipes Monochamus galloprovincialis
Order Phasmatodea Coleoptera
Family Phasmatidae Cerambycidae
Size Body 270-330 mm, total with legs up to 550 mm 15-28 mm
Habitat Forests Forests
Diet Herbivores Wood Feeders
Regions Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand Europe, North Africa
Conservation Not Evaluated Not Evaluated

Malayan Stick Insect

An extremely long stick insect with serrated legs that was once the longest known insect. Females can reach over 300 mm in body length alone.

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Did You Know?

Before the discovery of P. chani, this species held the world record as the longest insect.

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.