Indian Stick Insect Nymph

Offer

1 Indian stick insect nymph, age from L1.

General Information

The Indian stick insect is also known as the laboratory stick insect and is the most commonly kept species of stick insect in the world. The species has also been given a PSG number, PSG 1. The official Latin name is Carausius morosus.

Most people start with this species when they first begin keeping stick insects. They are easy to keep and eat readily available food, namely ivy.

Movement and Behavior

An Indian stick insect is a calm animal. As most stick insects are nocturnal, they will not show much movement during the day. In the evening, however, you can observe them moving and eating. They cannot bite, scratch, or secrete venom and are easy to handle. They also cannot jump or fly.

Diet

This species eats many types of leaves. They are known for eating ivy. They can live on all sorts of ivy and do not require other leaves to be healthy. You can feed them many other leaves, such as blackberry, raspberry, oak, rose, hazelnut, and privet leaves. Blackberry leaves and ivy are always available in winter.

Plants from stores are sprayed with insecticides! Your stick insects will die immediately from these.

Environmental Requirements

The temperature can vary between 18 °C and 30 °C. Room temperature is therefore perfectly fine for these animals.
The stick insect does not have high humidity requirements; misting the enclosure twice a week as a basic routine is sufficient, but watch out for mold development. They should also have some drinking water.
As with all stick insect species, they need an enclosure at least 3 times the length of the animal in height, and at least 2 times the length of the animal in width. For an adult female, this means an enclosure of at least 24 cm high and 16 cm wide.

Reproduction

This species is parthenogenetic in culture. This means that in captivity, there are only females, and the eggs they lay hatch even without a male being present. These eggs will also only produce females.
Once the females are mature, they will start laying eggs. The eggs are round and brown and have a small cap on them from which the nymph will later emerge. They simply drop them on the ground. The eggs hatch after a few months.

Home Breeding

All nymphs are home-bred and well cared for prior to shipping (via parcel post).