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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 4.5cm for the Female (in this picture) but the spines are very big.<br /> <br /> This is the Male :<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/43104/touch_me_not_stick_insect.html" title="Touch Me Not Stick Insect!"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2994/43104_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=ySc2zFt3BUaGVu7%2Bgow7lIYE49c%3D" width="200" height="136" 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 3.5cm for the Male (in this picture) but the spines are very big.<br /> <br /> This is the Female :<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/43105/touch_me_not_stick_insect.html Epidares nolimetangere,Geotagged,Malaysia,Phasmid,Sarawak,Stick Insect,Touch-Me-Not Stick,Touch-me-not Stick Insect,Winter" /></a></figure> Epidares nolimetangere,Geotagged,Malaysia,Phasmid,Sarawak,Stick Insect,Touch-me-not Stick Insect,Winter Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

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.

This is the Male :

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.<br /> <br /> This is the Female :<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/43105/touch_me_not_stick_insect.html Epidares nolimetangere,Geotagged,Malaysia,Phasmid,Sarawak,Stick Insect,Touch-Me-Not Stick,Touch-me-not Stick Insect,Winter

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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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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Aug 8, 2016. Captured Dec 31, 2015 21:42 in Jalan Ke Puncak Serapi, Petra Jaya, 93050 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
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  • NIKON D5200
  • f/16.0
  • 1/180s
  • ISO800
  • 200mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.

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