DeadInTheBasement
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these things looked cool at the aquarium how do your keep them?
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Giant Prickly Stick Insect
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Shadow Mantis
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Hi
I don't personally keep these insects, but I work at a local aquarium which has them. We keep them in approximately a 40 gallon mesh tank. That should be okay for 12. I'm not quite sure how long they live, but it takes a year for an egg to hatch.
I don't personally keep these insects, but I work at a local aquarium which has them. We keep them in approximately a 40 gallon mesh tank. That should be okay for 12. I'm not quite sure how long they live, but it takes a year for an egg to hatch.
francisco
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HEllo,
When they are small nymphs they need some humidity to molt properly,
so try to keep humidity by spraying the cage twice a day.
Cage could be an old aquarium until they they outgrow it.
once they become adults you can keep the in a more airy cage.
Eggs from a sexual culture should hatch in 6-8 months
Eggs from a parthenogenetic culture hatch in 12-14 months
Bramble is a good food, you can also feed them Pyrocantha,Guava,Wax myrtle,Oak and definately Eucalyptus if you have acces to it.
FT
When they are small nymphs they need some humidity to molt properly,
so try to keep humidity by spraying the cage twice a day.
Cage could be an old aquarium until they they outgrow it.
once they become adults you can keep the in a more airy cage.
Eggs from a sexual culture should hatch in 6-8 months
Eggs from a parthenogenetic culture hatch in 12-14 months
Bramble is a good food, you can also feed them Pyrocantha,Guava,Wax myrtle,Oak and definately Eucalyptus if you have acces to it.
FT
