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Unexpected Hatching
well, last fall, I went for a hike, and collected about 6 pairs of Anisomorpha buprestoides (Two-Striped Walkingstick) for work (zoo). Anyways, I had them set up in a small terrarium overnight. They are most commonly observed in the fall, as they move to the ground in pairs (like the one pictured, large female, small piggyback male) to deposit eggs in the soil.
I guess they deposited a bunch in the soil of the terrarium they were in for a night, and I hadn't bothered to change it, in fact, I was placing Superworm pupa in there to hatch into darkling beetles. I came home from a week-long trip to Michigan, and found baby Anisomorpha buprestoides. Right now, I'm up to six, and they are set up in a jar with a wet paper towel, and some food (they are known to eat oak, but many phasmids will also take bramble, so I have supplied both. wish me luck - these insects have not been well-studied, so not much is known about them. What I don't know, I am largely guessing at, as so many phasmids have similar care, and trying to fill in the blanks.
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Re: Unexpected Hatching
Wow that's really neat! Good luck with them!
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Sweet! Good luck with them
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That's so cool! Do you have pictures of the young yet? I hope you can get them to reach maturity!
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Re: Unexpected Hatching
![]() There is one of the little guys - was taking them out of the terrarium, and putting them in a plastic container better suited to keeping them inside it. I imagine that if they make it to maturity, I might keep a few for my own enjoyment, though I am not sure what their lifespans are. I will probably stick a few in the zoo. I rather like them. This summarizes most of what is known about them: twostriped walkingstick - Anisomorpha buprestoides (Stoll)
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Re: Unexpected Hatching
well, as of this morning, I am up to 13 babies, all eating Bramble (they completely ignore the oak I offer them), and growing fast! I still have another one pop up every day or two.... Don't know how many I'll end up with.
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Pity about the secretions, otherwise possible food, and now you`ll probably end up being "mother" to thousands of them!
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Re: Unexpected Hatching
too neat !!
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Re: Unexpected Hatching
Many stick insects can give off secretions of varying types. The Australian ones we have at work apparently give off one that supposedly smells like toffee or amaretto if bothered. Ours have not been bothered enough yet though.... I have never smelled toffee or amaretto when working around them. Personally, That would not deter me, I think it would make me try harder to eat the thing, were I a foraging animal.
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