Hi! I have Vietnamese walking sticks (Medauroidea extradentata). Now during winter I feed them oak and raspberry leaves that I have kept frozen. When I change the leaves for new ones, I often leave branches with the old ones in the terrarium so the animals can climb on something more. But they eat the dried leaves too. Is it OK for them? Maybe for winter I should just keep feeding them dried leaves if they like them?

My extatosoma Tiaratum is laying limp on the ground around 48h after a molt, is this normal, what can i do to help?

Hundreds of eggs. Roughly 6 months old, I’ve been keeping them in Tupperware tubs with acloth at the bottom and they get missed every other day.

I understand it is notoriously difficult to get them to hatch, from what I can read online. Warm humid environment is required as far as I can learn, Can I get any tips on this?

They dry out so much in between I’m worried they’re getting too dry, But then some of them on the other foot look almost dusty like mould and I’m concerned they’re not dry enough 😅

You read about viability testing by putting them in water. And then you read about never fully drenching them so I’m intimidated to dump them in water to see if they’re viable.

So I guess my big question is, could I create a tank environment with a humidifier in it and just pop that on regularly or am I just wasting my time? How likely is it to hatch these babies???

My prickly stick insect is munching on the new bloomed flowers of a eucalyptus branch I got but idk if it's safe.

I have a bunch of phasmid eggs that I am confident are fertile and healthy. Problem is, I'm going to be out overseas most of the time until February.

Is it possible to store the eggs in the fridge for couple of months?

Hello fellow phasmid phanatics! Anyone here keep any of the Calvisia species by chance?

So I recently got 2 Cryptophyllium Limogesi nymphs and I'm looking for any advice on keeping these little guys. Any advice would be appreciated!

Is this a male or female? I got them as a present. 😊

How should they be incubated? And does anyone else keep this species? Thanks!

Have some eggs from a pair that some killed earlier at work and wanna raise them. Any info would be great thanks.

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Hi, it's the third year that I'm rising this species but this time I'm facing a big problem: all the newborn nymphs refuse to eat and they die after some days.

Their mothers were used to eat different species of brambles and also raspberry leaves but since I noticed this anomaly I'm now trying different plants:

• bramble
• raspberry
• oak
• hazelnut
• lemon (found after reading some papers about other Phyllium species)

Of course I'm cutting the leaves'edges (I also tried to cut them as if another insect tried to eat them).

I know that the first 2 or 3 days, the insects walk a lot but after, they should stop and start to eat, well... Mine don't do that, they continue to walk and walk till their death.

So... Do you have any advice that could help me with these little creatures?

The enclosure I have, has an open bottom and my two stick insects have discovered they can leave the enclosure. My male decided to walk around my room, well my walls and roof for a few days and when he was finished exploring climbed back into the enclosure...I think it's cute and funny.

Which brings me to my next question, anybody else let their phasmid free roam in a small room ? When mine get out I let them chill until they are ready to go back into and have some food.