with Indian stick insects
Carausius morosus
 Adult Indian stick insect, Carausius morosus. |
 BSP |
Indian stick insects are
robust, easy to handle and are definitely the best stick insect for people to
start keeping. They have this trick of clamping all their legs alongside their bodies to look like straight sticks and they can be like this for hours. If you tickle them gently they will spring to life again! Indian stick insects are all females and lay eggs which hatch into more females (this process is called parthenogenesis). They drop their eggs onto the floor of the BSP cage; to collect them just tilt the Liner and the eggs roll off. Indian stick insects do best on green privet leaves (found on privet hedges). They will also eat bramble (blackberry) leaves and wild rose (dog rose) leaves. Their eggs incubate for four months and are easy to hatch. Indian stick insects live for about one year. |
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 Adult Indian stick insect pretending to be a straight stick. |
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Indian 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.
Indian stick insects eat privet leaves and the stems with privet 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 Starting Out Kit includes everything you need to look after these stick insects properly.
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(includes four Indian stick insects (these are not yet fully grown but are 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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