Stinking Longhorn vs Green Bean Stick Insect

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Stinking Longhorn Green Bean Stick Insect
Scientific Name Aromia moschata ambrosiaca Diapherodes gigantea
Order Coleoptera Phasmatodea
Family Cerambycidae Phasmatidae
Size 15-34mm 120-175 mm
Habitat Rivers & Streams Farmland
Diet Herbivores Herbivores
Regions Asia Central America
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.

Green Bean Stick Insect

A large, thick-bodied bright green stick insect from the Caribbean. Females are heavy and wingless while males are slender with long functional wings.

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Did You Know?

Despite their cumbersome size, male green bean stick insects are capable of sustained flight and will readily fly to lights at night during the breeding season.