Crowned Stick Insect

Onchestus rentzi · Order: Phasmida · Family: Phasmatidae

Also called: Rentz's Stick-insect

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Crowned Stick Insect
Photo: BJinsect (talk) 20:33, 29 June 2008 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0

The crowned stick insect can grow up to about 12 cm long and has a dark black-grey colour with a crown-like bump on its head; its wings are deep purple.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Adults are dark black-grey, have a crown-shaped protuberance on the head, and deep-purple wings.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

They can reach lengths of about 120 mm.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

This species is native to Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

Questions people ask

What does the crowned stick insect look like?

It is dark black-grey with a crown-shaped bump on its head and deep purple wings.

Source: Wikipedia

How big does it get?

Adults can grow up to about 120 mm long.

Source: Wikipedia

Where is it found?

It lives in rainforest coastal areas of Queensland and the Northern Territory in Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Phasmatidae)

Smooth Stick InsectSmooth Stick InsectClitarchus hookeriMargin-winged Stick InsectMargin-winged Stick InsectCtenomorpha marginipennisDamages trees, gardens or cropsPrickly Stick InsectPrickly Stick InsectAcanthoxyla prasinaDamages trees, gardens or cropsSpur Legged PhasmidSpur Legged PhasmidDidymuria violescensSpiny Leaf insectSpiny Leaf insectExtatosoma tiaratumCan irritate skinTitan Stick InsectTitan Stick InsectAcrophylla titan

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onchestus_rentzi

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

How this page works

This is one bug's fact sheet. The colored box at the top says whether it is dangerous. Sections below cover how to recognize it, whether it is a pest, and how to deal with it. The US map shows which states have records; tap a state to see other bugs there.

Every fact on Bug FAQ comes from a named source (university extension sites, government agencies, GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia). The source is linked next to each section. If we have no source for something, we leave it out.