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Diesbachia tamyris

general infomations

this species has originally been described by Westwood as Cyphocrania tamyris (1859)
other synonyms are Sosibia tamyris (Kirby, 1904), Centrophasma infernale (Redtenbacher, 1908)
in Europe, this species has been cultured since a long time. Several new culture stocks have been importet over the years

origin

my culture stock has been collected by Kai Schütte (Germany) in spring 2007 up in the Tapah Hills (Malaysia), below the Cameroon Highlands

female

medium sized, fully winged phasmids
body length is about 10 - 11 cm
there are many prominent spines on the thorax
the membranous part of the hind wings is beautifully pink-black coloured. This warning colour is shown only when they feel strongly disturbed
they can fly, but do so only very rarely
basic colour is brown in different shades, with an almost white band along the sides of the head and the thorax

males

thin, equally fully winges phasmids
body lenghts is about 9 cm
males have even more prominent spines on the thorax
the membranous part of their hind wings is also pink-black coloured. But they do not display these warning colours, not even when feeling threatened
they are good flyers and do so quite eaily
their basic colour is also brown in different shades, with an almost white band along the sides of the head and the thorax

food plants

eggs

breeding informations

very easy to culture
incubation of the eggs on damp (not too wet) sand, with springtails to reduce mould growth
incubation time (at room temperatures) is about 5 months
nymphs are mainly green
Faunaboxes are great for bringing these nymphs up
males will mature after about 4,5 months, females after about 5 months
just prior to the adult moult, the wing buds will turn pink
males will stay for 2-3 days together with the same female, but leave her eventually
females start about 2 months after their final moult to lay eggs
they stick the eggs into a substrate, which has to be provided for them (like peat, moss, soil)

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