Pylaemenes mitratus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Pylaemenes mitratus is a species of stick insects (Phasmatodea) native to Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. The species is also known by the common name money plant stick insect, which refers to the most well-known food plants, Epipremnum aureum, which is also known as money plant.
The females reach a length of 43 to 48 millimetres (1.7 to 1.9 in). The males are 37 to 43 millimetres (1.5 to 1.7 in) long. The species corresponds in its habitat to typical representatives of the Datamini and is similar in appearance to the Pylaemenes species from Borneo. Both sexes have a greatly enlarged and raised vertex structure on the head, which is formed from the rear head spines and the front edges of which converge towards the back and upwards in the shape of an inverted V. The supraantennas form a pair of laterally compressed spines in front, which are more prominent in males. Characteristic, at least for the females, is a conspicuous white spine on the upper side of the mesofemurs and two more on the metafemurs about a third away from the body. They are also found less prominently and somewhat smaller in males. The males have three pairs of individually differently pronounced pairs... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Money Plant Stick Insect sighting in Singapore on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 638th most-seen of the 1045 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Money Plant Stick Insect in Singapore on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Only Singapore, in our data
Singapore is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Money Plant Stick Insect sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Money Plant Stick Insect is recorded against all the insects logged in Singapore (15 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
