Post by Wood~Ant on Aug 31, 2024 15:46:39 GMT
Jenny and I have recently added a variety of leaf and stick insects to our home. We have 6 Macleays Spectre, 6 bark stick insects which I can't remember the name of, 5 Malaysian Leaf and 2 Philippines Leaf insects. The 5 are green with brown markings on the outer body and legs, while the 2 others are all green at the moment but will change colour in the next couple of months to look like autumn leaves.
I will try to get a video of them or photos, but as they are all well camouflaged and only about an inch long they'll have to grow a lot bigger. It's a case of eating a lot of bramble and other stuff to make them shed their skins and grow up to be 4 to 5 inches in adulthood.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylliidae
www.keepinginsects.com/2017/02/how-to-get-the-lichen-color-morph-of-the-giant-prickly-stick-insect-extatosoma-tiaratum/
I will try to get a video of them or photos, but as they are all well camouflaged and only about an inch long they'll have to grow a lot bigger. It's a case of eating a lot of bramble and other stuff to make them shed their skins and grow up to be 4 to 5 inches in adulthood.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylliidae
www.keepinginsects.com/2017/02/how-to-get-the-lichen-color-morph-of-the-giant-prickly-stick-insect-extatosoma-tiaratum/
