The basic color of the males varies from a light brown on the legs to a bright red, especially on the head, thorax and the top of the abdomen, depending on where they were found.

There it can be found very frequently in the northwest, more precisely in the Malay state Sarawak and here it reaches the highest observed population density of phasmatodea living on Borneo.

As food plants are known, Rosaceae like the Molucca bramble (Rubus moluccanus), Melastomataceae like Clidemia hirta, Vitaceae like Leea indica, Acanthaceae as Strobilanthes alternata and Bonnetiaceae as Ploiarium alternifolium.

The abdomen is bent forward over the back and the then released egg is rolled over the parallel held antennae into the hollow.

[5][6][7] Wilhem de Haan originally described this species as Phasma (Acanthoderus) noli-me-tangere.

A female lectotype and a male paralectotype are deposited in the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden.

[1] Seow-Choen shows a male on the cover of his book in 2016 and a female on page 389, both of which are bright red all over their body.

By mixing the two stocks, insects are bred that can no longer be clearly assigned to the red or green form.

The Belgian phasmid breeders Kim D'Hulster and Hans Lamal brought another stock into breeding in 2012, which they collected in Damai near Mount Santubong.

From Santubong other finds with this peculiarity are known, which also show the above-mentioned, bright red animals, which were pictured by Seow-Choen in 2016.

[2][4][7][8][9] Epdares nolimetangere needs a relative humidity of at least 80%, as can be achieved in a glass terrarium with small ventilation slots.

In addition to leaves of oak and hazel, the various Rosaceae such as bramble, raspberries, strawberries and firethorn are eaten.