As a herbivore Phyllium bioculatum mainly eats mango, guava, cherry, dewberry, raspberry, blackberry, oak, bramble, Nephelium lappaceum (Rambutan), and in captivity some accept Quercus and Rubus species.
The different barangays have coconut plantation, lanzones fruit - Lansium domesticum tree plantation and rambutan fruit tree plantation - Rambutan.