Giant Stick Insect, ACROPHYLLA WUELFINGI

[Darkrai283]

[26.01.14]

Bought 6 small nymphs of these at the S.E.A.S from Arthropodia.

[01.02.14]

Pics of a female nymph

IMG_5607 by darkrai283, on Flickr
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[Darkrai283]

[10.02.14]

Another pic of a female nymph

IMG_5742 by darkrai283, on Flickr

 

[Darkrai283]

[02.03.14]

A pic of a female, one or two moults on since the last pic.

IMG_7016 by darkrai283, on Flickr

 

[Darkrai283]

[09.03.14]

I sexed them and I have 5 females and 1 male... :/

Pics of a male and female moulting at the same time.

Female
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Male
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After the moult
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Size difference between two different instars
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[Darkrai283]

[12.03.14]

A pre-pre-subadult female

IMG_7081 by darkrai283, on Flickr

 

[Darkrai283]

[14.03.14]

Two females simultaneously moulting to pre-pre-subadult.

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[Darkrai283]

[30.03.14]

Moulting sequence pics

Picture1 by darkrai283, on Flickr

Size difference between two different instars
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[Darkrai283]

[09.04.14]

A group shot and a pic of a pre-subadult female

IMG_7400 by darkrai283, on Flickr

Pre-subadult female
IMG_7447 by darkrai283, on Flickr
IMG_7453 by darkrai283, on Flickr

 

[Darkrai283]

[10.04.14]

The moulted to subadult.

The male moulting
IMG_7483 by darkrai283, on Flickr
IMG_7485 by darkrai283, on Flickr
IMG_7491 by darkrai283, on Flickr
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Comparison between the subadult male and pre-subadult females
IMG_7504 by darkrai283, on Flickr

 

[Darkrai283]

[25.04.14]

All are subadults now.

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[Darkrai283]

[30.04.14]

The subadult male is very soft and the wingbuds are swollen so he should be moulting to adult any time soon.

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Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
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[Darkrai283]

[01.05.14]

Well, well, well... look who's an adult now.

Adult male
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Size difference between an adult male and a subadult female
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[Darkrai283]

[11.05.14]

Pics of the first female that mis-moulted to adult... she's quite small and roughed up.

11.05.14- first female to moult to adult... She's ridiculously small and she messed up her final moult as well. by darkrai283, on Flickr
11.05.14- first female to moult to adult... She's ridiculously small and she messed up her final moult as well. by darkrai283, on Flickr
11.05.14- first female to moult to adult... She's ridiculously small and she messed up her final moult as well. by darkrai283, on Flickr

 

[Darkrai283]

[14.05.14]

The 2 largest females moulted to adult.

IMG_7530 by darkrai283, on Flickr
IMG_7529 by darkrai283, on Flickr
IMG_7528 by darkrai283, on Flickr
IMG_7532 by darkrai283, on Flickr
IMG_7536 by darkrai283, on Flickr
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IMG_7538 by darkrai283, on Flickr

[14.05.14]

3 females are adult now.

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[Darkrai283]

[27.05.14]

Caught the male mating with his first female.

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Untitled by darkrai283, on Flickr
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[Darkrai283]

[06.06.14]

Some pics

IMG_7788 by Darkrai283, on Flickr
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Male
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Ovum
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[CosbyArt]

Thanks for sharing, it's very interesting to see. I haven't seen a wild walking stick for several years. I wouldn't have thought of one as a pet, or a mantis either till recently.

Too bad it's hard to find blackberry leaves for food - and lettuce is such a bad substitute; otherwise, would have liked to raise one myself. Seems like a very docile pet.

 

[Darkrai283]

[04.07.14]

The 3 females are laying around 200-250 ova a week inbetween them and here's a pic of one of them with a subadult Sphodromantis viridis.

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[Darkrai283]

[09.08.14]

Here's an Eurycantha calcarata nymph that's hiding on the underside of one of the females. LOLOL

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