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.

Hi ! :) I need some advice for my friend. She’s been asked to take care of a leaf insect ( Cryptophyllium, can’t figure out which subspecies it belongs to) but unfortunately, from one day to the next, it changed color—from a bright green to a much duller shade. It also has a small spot under its eye. It has stopped eating and isn’t moving much.

We’re thinking it might be related to improper humidity levels or the type of bramble she collected (it was from a public park). It hasn’t been exposed to direct sunlight, but she has occasionally placed it under a plant light, which it seemed to like.

I have 4 sungaya inexpectata (sunny stick insects) which are way different from the one that she got so I’m not sure how to help :( .

Does anyone know what might have caused this and if there’s anything we can do to help or is it too late? Thank you so much!

Her abdomen seems very big, is this normal or is she ill (or maybe about to lay eggs(or explode))? Thanks

Hi, I am thinking about getting some Extatosoma tiaratum and I would like to know if I could keep them in a terrarium entirely made out of mesh? I did some research on this species and found that it occurs in drier climates in the wild and is also somewhat tolerant to lower humidities in captivity. But I would still like to have my assumptions checked by others before buying anything that would make my future pets unhappy.

Found this poor guy like this yesterday evening, but let him be thinking he was still shedding. Came home today to find him still like this. Seems healthy enough, but the old exoskeleton is stuck on his antennae and must be making things difficult. Is there anything I can do to get it off?