
Genus
Species
Stock
CLP
763
Culture status
Probably lost
Foodplants
Bramble (Rubus spp.)
Breeding notes
(by Bruno Kneubuehler)
General Informations
- provenience: Cachoeiras de Macacu (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- taxonomic evaluation by Oskar Conle (Germany) and Pablo Valero (Spain)
- first CB culture 2015 by the guys who found them (Brazil)
- first CB culture in Europe by Bruno Kneubuehler (2015)
- further taxonomical informations ➤ phasmida.speciesfile.org
- this is a pure culture, and serious breeders will avoid mixing it with similar cultures from a different provenience
Females
- typical phasmids
- body length 8 - 9 cm
- variably colored - brown, reddish-brown, grey-brown, greenish-brown
- short fore and hind wings
- hind wings just slightly longer than fore wings
- inner side of fore and hind wings red
- antennae longer than forelegs
Males
- slender phasmids
- body length 6 cm
- variably colored, different shades of brown
- long hind wings
- inner side of hind wings with red base
- short forewings with a lateral hump
Nymphs
- freshly hatched nymphs are green with reddish-brown antennae
- about 13 mm
- antennae with a light colored tip
- on how to distinguish between male and female nymphs
Eggs
- 2.5 x 2 mm
- brown marbled
- strongly structured, matt suface
- capitulum only weakly developed
Food Plants
- bramble (Rubus spp.)
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 25 - 30 eggs per female and week
- incubation (HH-method on slightly damp vermiculite) about 4 months at 20 - 23 °C
- nymphs hatch during the night
- a humidity of about 60 - 70 % seems to be good enough for this species, both for nymphs and adults
- one can spray them regularly with chlorine-free water, but allow the water to dry up before spraying again
- very easy to breed in my experience