Our feature creature this week is the Spiny Leaf Stick Insect. Don’t let these prickly-looking critters fool you: they’re friendly, and commonly kept as pets! This herbivore likes to feast on eucalyptus and is incapable of biting or stinging, though its spines can be rough if handled incorrectly. To help avoid detection by predators, their colouring and leaf-like appearance helps them blend in with their environment and they even sway on their legs to look like leaves in a breeze. If threatened,
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Our feature creature this week is the Spiny Leaf Stick Insect. Don’t let these prickly-looking critters fool you: they’re friendly, and commonly kept as pets! This herbivore likes to feast on eucalyptus and is incapable of biting or stinging, though its spines can be rough if handled incorrectly. To help avoid detection by predators, their colouring and leaf-like appearance helps them blend in with their environment and they even sway on their legs to look like leaves in a breeze. If threatened,
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The truly out-of-this-world life cycle of the Critically Endangered Lord Howe Island Stick Insect is a fascinating journey! 🦗 The Lord Howe Island Stick Insect is also known as the ‘Land Lobster’ or ‘Tree Lobster’ because of its large and robust body. 🦗 Nymphs are green but their colouration begins to change at a few months of age after their second moult or instar. 🦗 Adulthood is at around six months of age and their life expectancy is 12 to 18 months. 🦗 The Lord Howe Island Stick Insect ca
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The truly out-of-this-world life cycle of the Critically Endangered Lord Howe Island Stick Insect is a fascinating journey! 🦗 The Lord Howe Island Stick Insect is also known as the ‘Land Lobster’ or ‘Tree Lobster’ because of its large and robust body. 🦗 Nymphs are green but their colouration begins to change at a few months of age after their second moult or instar. 🦗 Adulthood is at around six months of age and their life expectancy is 12 to 18 months. 🦗 The Lord Howe Island Stick Insect ca
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Care guide Spiny Leaf Insect, Extatosoma tiaratum Food: Fresh healthy gum leaves - ensure fresh leaves are always available for your insect. Don't let the leaves dry out before you change them. The leaves can be put into a jar of water to keep them fresh for as long as possible. Make sure the jar has a lid or covering with holes in it to stop the young stick insects from falling In and drowning. Place a few different types of gum leaves in the enclosure to give your insects a choice. Spiny leaf
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Care guide Spiny Leaf Insect, Extatosoma tiaratum Food: Fresh healthy gum leaves - ensure fresh leaves are always available for your insect. Don't let the leaves dry out before you change them. The leaves can be put into a jar of water to keep them fresh for as long as possible. Make sure the jar has a lid or covering with holes in it to stop the young stick insects from falling In and drowning. Place a few different types of gum leaves in the enclosure to give your insects a choice. Spiny leaf
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