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Touch Me Not Stick Insect! This spiny Stick Insect, Phasmid - Epidares nolimetangere is called &#039;Touch Me Not&#039; as translation of its name, nolimetangere. It is small in size, around 3.5cm for the Male (in this picture) but the spines are very big.<br /> <br /> This is the Female :<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/43105/touch_me_not_stick_insect.html" title="Touch Me Not Stick Insect!"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2994/43105_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1763596810&Signature=eJaXekbYn%2F9rOzatyPgrbkYFV4o%3D" width="200" height="142" alt="Touch Me Not Stick Insect! This spiny Stick Insect, Phasmid - Epidares nolimetangere is called &#039;Touch Me Not&#039; as translation of its name, nolimetangere. It is small in size, around 4.5cm for the Female (in this picture) but the spines are very big.<br /> <br /> This is the Male :<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/43104/touch_me_not_stick_insect.html Epidares nolimetangere,Geotagged,Malaysia,Phasmid,Sarawak,Stick Insect,Touch-me-not Stick Insect,Winter" /></a></figure> Epidares nolimetangere,Geotagged,Malaysia,Phasmid,Sarawak,Stick Insect,Touch-Me-Not Stick,Touch-me-not Stick Insect,Winter Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Touch Me Not Stick Insect!

This spiny Stick Insect, Phasmid - Epidares nolimetangere is called 'Touch Me Not' as translation of its name, nolimetangere. It is small in size, around 3.5cm for the Male (in this picture) but the spines are very big.

This is the Female :

Touch Me Not Stick Insect! This spiny Stick Insect, Phasmid - Epidares nolimetangere is called 'Touch Me Not' as translation of its name, nolimetangere. It is small in size, around 4.5cm for the Female (in this picture) but the spines are very big.<br /> <br /> This is the Male :<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/43104/touch_me_not_stick_insect.html Epidares nolimetangere,Geotagged,Malaysia,Phasmid,Sarawak,Stick Insect,Touch-me-not Stick Insect,Winter

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Incredible! Like it has bronze armor plating. Posted 9 years ago
  2. View Albert Kang's profile
    Albert Kang
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    There are a few colour variation to them, depending on their location.
    The most recent find of them was an all red Male and Female in a remote part of Borneo.     Posted 9 years ago
  3. View englishindiangirl's profile
    englishindiangirl
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    Wonderful! But I don't think I'll touch it! Posted 9 years ago
    1. View Albert Kang's profile
      Albert Kang
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      They are harmless, I think their spines is more to be less palatable to birds or lizards, which are their main predators. Posted 9 years ago

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The Touch-me-not Stick Insect

Epidares nolimetangere is a species of small wingless stick insect in the family Bacillidae. Males are 3-5cm and females are 4-5 cm.

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Similar species: Stick And Leaf Insects
Species identified by Martin Lagerwey
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Uploaded Aug 8, 2016. Captured Jan 2, 2016 20:08 in Jalan Ke Puncak Serapi, Petra Jaya, 93050 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
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  • NIKON D5200
  • f/16.0
  • 1/125s
  • ISO800
  • 200mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.

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