Genus
Species
Stock
CLP
787
Culture status
In culture
Foodplants
Bramble (Rubus spp.)
Breeding notes
(by Bruno Kneubuehler)
General Informations
- provenience: Kirirom NP (Cambodia)
- taxonomic evaluation by Joachim Bresseel (Belgium) and Jerome Constant (Belgium)
- F1 CB culture in Europe by Bruno Kneubuehler (2015)
- further taxonomical informations ➤ phasmida.speciesfile.org
- this is a pure culture, and serious breeders are asked to avoid mixing it with similar populations from a different provenience
Females
- slender, medium-sized
- body length 9.5 - 11 cm
- 2 small, forward-pointing spines on the head
- light yellow eyes
- brown, green-brown and greenish females
- short antennae
Males
- very slender
- body length 6.5 - 7 cm
- short antennae
- brown, with blueish lateral stripe (lateral, thorax area)
- yellow eyes
Nymphs
- freshly hatched nymphs are brown with greenish legs
- on how to distinguish between male and female nymphs
Eggs
- 3 x 1.5 mm
- brown
Food Plants
- bramble (Rubus spp.)
well accepted by nymphs and adults
Breeding, Behaviour
- active mainly during the night
- they feign death when touched, or try to actively escape
- eggs just drop to the ground
- about 15 - 20 eggs per female and week
- incubation (HH-method on slightly damp vermiculite) about 3 months at 20 - 23 °C
- nymphs hatch during the night
- a humidity of about 60 - 70 % RH seems to be good enough for this species
- one can spray them regularly with chlorine-free water, but allow the water to dry up before spraying again
- very easy to breed