Genus
Species
Stock
CLP
726
Culture status
In culture
Foodplants
Bramble (Rubus spp.)
Hazel (Corylus avellana)
Breeding notes
(by Bruno Kneubuehler)
General Informations
- provenience: Bidoup Nui Ba NP (Vietnam)
- taxonomic evaluation by Joachim Bresseel (Belgium)
- F1 CB culture by Bruno Kneubuehler (2014)
- further taxonomical informations ➤ phasmida.speciesfile.org
- this is a pure culture, and serious breeders will not mix it with cultures of a different provenience
Females
- big, long-legged, slender species
- 15.5 - 17.5 cm
- usually dark reddish-brown
- some females are greenist at first, then turn light brown
- very long subgenital plate
- some females have two spines on their head, whilst other haven't
- strongly spiny legs
- short antennae
Males
- very slender, long-legged
- 9.5 - 10.5 cm
- short antennae
- light brown with some greenish areas
- spiny legs
Food Plants
- bramble (Rubus spp.)
well accepted by nymphs and adults - hazelnut (Corylus avellana)
well accepted by nymphs and adults
Breeding, Behaviour
- active mainly during the night
- they feign death when touched
- eggs just drop to the ground
- about 10 - 15 eggs per female and week
- incubation (HH-method on slightly damp sand) about 3.5 - 4.5 months at 20 - 23 °C
- eggs of this species are very prone to get mouldy, and it is difficult to avoid this. Yet a thin mould layer does not affect the hatching ratio negatively
- nymphs hatch during the night
- a humidity of about 60 - 70 % seems to be good enough for this species
- one can spray them regularly with chlorine-free water, but the water should dry up again
- easy to breed