Sipyloidea sipylus
 Pink Winged stick insect, Sipyloidea sipylus. |
 BSP |
Pink Winged adult stick insects have pretty pink wings and
can fly. They should be taken out of the cage about once a week and encouraged
to fly across the room. When they have landed on the wall, it is easy to pick
up the stick insects and return them to the BSP cage. These stick insects only
get their wings after their final skin-change. Pink Winged stick insects are all females and reproduce by laying eggs which hatch into more females (this process is called parthenogenesis). The females have a pointed end to their bodies (called the ovipositor) and they use this to glue their eggs around the BSP cage. Pink Winged stick insects eat bramble (blackberry) leaves and wild rose (dog rose) leaves. Leave the eggs where they have been glued, and, after three months, see the large green babies emerge. Pink Winged stick insects are an easy stick insect to keep. They live about one year. |
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Pink Winged stick insects do well in the BSP cage. The BSP is tall (46cm, 18 inches) high so the stick insects have room to grow properly. The sides have lots of air-holes which provide the through-draught ventilation that these stick insects need. The floor should be lined with a disposable BSP Liner (replaced weekly) so the stick insects are kept in clean conditions.
Pink Winged stick insects eat bramble (blackberry) leaves and the stems with bramble leaves should be kept fresh in the Sprig Pot of water. You need to mist the leaves with water every day from a plant sprayer; this is so the stick insects can drink from the droplets on the leaves.
The Pink Winged stick insects kit includes everything you need to look after these stick insects properly.
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(includes two Pink Winged stick insects (not yet fully grown but large nymphs), one BSP, ten blue BSP Liners, one red Sprig Pot, one "Keeping Stick Insects" book which has a whole section on this species, and a detailed information sheet).
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