guess what i am getting..........
Goliath Stick Insect!
yayness!
i know they are not herps....and they dont do much.....but they are so cool and facinating!
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea (stick insects)
Family: Phasmatidae
Genus: Eurycnema
Species: goliath (Goliath stick insect)
some cool facts...
1. Their bodies, colour and shape made them look like part of the plant.
2. When staying motionless, they always put their front legs in front of their head, to made themselves look more like part of the plant.
3. They usually feed at night, during the day time they just hang motionless on the plants.
4. They eat the whole leaf, usually they do not leave part of the leaf uneaten, like most grasshoppers do.
5. Even when they move, they simulate the swaying motion, like the movement caused by the wind blowing.
6. Their eggs, called ova, look like seeds, so the predators do not notice the insect by the seeds.
7. They discard their dropping, called frass, very far away so that the predators do not notice the insect
and even way cooler
Note that you don't need males for breeding either- in the absence of males, the females will reproduce via parthenogenesis.
Goliath Stick Insect!
yayness!
i know they are not herps....and they dont do much.....but they are so cool and facinating!
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea (stick insects)
Family: Phasmatidae
Genus: Eurycnema
Species: goliath (Goliath stick insect)
some cool facts...
1. Their bodies, colour and shape made them look like part of the plant.
2. When staying motionless, they always put their front legs in front of their head, to made themselves look more like part of the plant.
3. They usually feed at night, during the day time they just hang motionless on the plants.
4. They eat the whole leaf, usually they do not leave part of the leaf uneaten, like most grasshoppers do.
5. Even when they move, they simulate the swaying motion, like the movement caused by the wind blowing.
6. Their eggs, called ova, look like seeds, so the predators do not notice the insect by the seeds.
7. They discard their dropping, called frass, very far away so that the predators do not notice the insect
and even way cooler
Note that you don't need males for breeding either- in the absence of males, the females will reproduce via parthenogenesis.
