Long Stick

Male Phasmid of the species Phobaeticus kirbyi. I asked the Ranger to put his hand next to the Phasmid to give a reference to the size, the body length is around 14-15 cm and with its front legs extended, it is around 28-30 cm in total length.

The Phobaeticus kirbyi

''Phobaeticus kirbyi'' is a very long stick insect native to Borneo. The holotype deposited at the Natural History Museum in London measures 328 mm excluding legs and 546 mm including legs. This makes it the second-longest known insect in terms of body length, behind ''Phobaeticus chani'' with 357 mm . Both ''P. chani'' and ''Phobaeticus serratipes'' exceed it in total length with legs extended. However, recent specimens of ''P. kirbyi'' have only reached 283 mm in body length.

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Similar species: Stick And Leaf Insects

Species identified by Albert Kang