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Red-jointed Stick bug
Lonchodes sanguineoligatus
5.99418, 116.554
Field Notes
Description:
A male stick insect.
Thin and small, about 70mm (size range 55-67mm according to Seow-Choen).
Mostly green, red joints (knees) and tail tip, orange head.
Has a pair of long and thin antennas.
Very perfectly camouflaged against the plant, I can guess that they were never been noticed before by all those who have walked past the plant.
Habitat:
On a short planted tree of Rose Cabin, Kundasang, Sabah. They can also live on broad-leaf bramble (Rubus moluccanus).
Notes:
>>>Map accuracy : 10 m diameter. I found this insect while searching for some interesting creatures on a short tree.
After this one, I found another individual which is much larger and brown in color - the female.
The latter knows how to play dead, or it might be really dead ?
Thanks to BrunoKneubühler for the species ID. Formerly known as Carausius sanguineoligatus.
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