Red-winged Green Giant Stick Insect

Eurycnema versirubra, the red-winged green giant stick insect/Timor Giant Stick Insect, is a species of stick insect from Timor, Solor and Wetar, The original habitat of Eurycnema versirubra might be Timor and / or closeby islands. They were most likely brought from there to Java and Malaysia, where they are known from captive bred cultures only (no known wild-caught specimens). In Timor, the Timorese greatly fear the species because they consider it to be highly poisonous.