Phasmid nymphs!!

[superfreak]

after about 9 months of waiting, my Extatosoma tiaratum eggs have started hatching. Heres the first to emerge:

very cool

 

[superfreak]

p.s. that lamp there in the background, i painted that myself! thats right. talented too. :lol:

 

[Frack]

Hi, gratz! Wow 9 months is a long time, is that how long it takes for the eggs to hatch normaly or are you counting the time it took to breed them and all that also?

 

[revmdn]

Very cool.

 

[superfreak]

these are from when i first got my females and didnt yet have a male, so theyre unfertilized eggs produced via parthenogenesis. they take longer to hatch if theyre unfertilized. my male reached maturity about a month ago so the eggs my girls are producing now will hatch in about 3 to 4 months.

 

[hibiscusmile]

I like both the bug and the lamp!