Sabah Stick Insect vs Andropromachus Stick Insect

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Sabah Stick Insect Andropromachus Stick Insect
Scientific Name Aschiphasma annulipes Andropromachus scutatus
Order Phasmatodea Phasmatodea
Family Aschiphasmatidae Lonchodidae
Size 50-70mm 5-8 cm
Habitat Forests Mountains
Diet Herbivores Herbivores
Regions Asia China (Yunnan)
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Sabah Stick Insect

A unique stick insect that mimics a centipede rather than a twig. Its body is segmented and flattened with banded legs. It runs rapidly across the forest floor, behaving more like a centipede than a phasmid.

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Did You Know?

It is one of the only stick insects that mimics a centipede instead of a plant, running quickly across the forest floor.

Andropromachus Stick Insect

A winged stick insect from Yunnan Province in China with a shield-like thoracic plate. Males are capable of sustained flight.

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Did You Know?

Its scutellum (shield-shaped plate on the thorax) is unusually prominent for a Necrosciinae stick insect.