Stinking Longhorn vs Pink-Winged Stick Insect

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Stinking Longhorn Pink-Winged Stick Insect
Scientific Name Aromia moschata ambrosiaca Sipyloidea sipylus
Order Coleoptera Phasmatodea
Family Cerambycidae Diapheromeridae
Size 15-34mm 80-110 mm
Habitat Rivers & Streams Farmland
Diet Herbivores Herbivores
Regions Asia Asia, Oceania
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Stinking Longhorn

A subspecies of the musk beetle with even more intense metallic coloring and a slightly different fragrance.

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Did You Know?

Releases a pleasant musky rose-like fragrance from thoracic glands that can be smelled from several meters away.

Pink-Winged Stick Insect

A slender stick insect with small pink hindwings that are flashed when threatened. It reproduces readily by parthenogenesis and is commonly kept in captivity.

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Did You Know?

When disturbed, pink-winged stick insects suddenly open their wings to flash the bright pink hindwings, startling predators long enough to make an escape.