Species
Stock
CLP
641
Culture status
Probably lost
Foodplants
Bramble (Rubus spp.)
Breeding notes
(by Bruno Kneubuehler)
- Nicolas Cliquennois (Madagascar) and Sven Bradler (Germany) are working on taxonomical aspects of this new species
- first successful culture in 2014 by Bruno Kneubuehler
distributed in 2014 as Leiophasmatinae sp. "Ambre"
- females
body length about 10.5 cm
yellow-brown
greenish eyes
reddish warts on the thorax
2 reddish spines on the head
red marking just above the foreleg joint
long subgenital plate
- males
body length about 7.5 cm
brown coloration
grey head and prothorax
black-green legs
greenish eyes
black markings on the thorax
red marking just
red marking just above the foreleg joint
- nymphs
about 15 mm
quite colorful, which is typical for this subfamily
- feed well on bramble (Rubus spp.)
- should be kept in a humid environment
- males are adult after about 3 months (at room temperatures), females after about 4 months
- incubation time (HH-method on damp sand) is about 6 - 7 months