Raspy Cricket vs Giant Bornean Walking Stick

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Raspy Cricket Giant Bornean Walking Stick
Scientific Name Cooraboorama canberrae Tirachoidea jianfenglingensis
Order Orthoptera Phasmatodea
Family Gryllacrididae Phasmatidae
Size 20-30 mm 150-230 mm
Habitat Woodlands Forests
Diet Herbivores Herbivores
Regions Oceania Southeast Asia (Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia, Indonesia)
Conservation Least Concern Data Deficient

Raspy Cricket

A nocturnal wingless cricket that builds silk-lined shelters from folded leaves.

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Did You Know?

It produces silk from its mouthparts, one of few non-larval insects to do so.

Giant Bornean Walking Stick

A very large, robust stick insect with a heavily textured green or brown body covered in small tubercles. Females are bulky and wingless while males are smaller with vestigial wings.

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Did You Know?

When grabbed, it can reflexively drop a leg that continues to twitch, distracting the predator while the insect escapes.