Macro photo Stick insects

[Noongato]

Me too. I wish i could turn into one with wings, then terrorise the town. Bwahaha.
My house is covered in werewolfs and doggy creatures, etc.

 

[anguskennedy]

Hey Hornet, you know how you said just incubate at room temp and nothing extra, do you think that would still be OK in Canberra's cooler climate and lower humidity? I have hundreds of eggs, couldn't decide whether i should put them in my reptile incubator (30C, a bit too warm i thought), in a sealed tub for humidity or just sitting in the room, that can get a bit cold over winter.

what do you think?

Any advice would be much appreciated!

 

[Jen]

they sell them in pet shops, but i don't really trust them to be legal

 

[hornet]

they sell them in WA petstores? mayb the laws only relate to arachnids, see what CALM say.

anguskennedy: you could heat them to 20c if you wished, they would hatch without heating but will take longer than in a warmer climate

 

[anguskennedy]

Thanks hornet - will give it a go. You dont think humidity will matter?

 

[ryanharvey1993]

wow that looks awsome

 

[iceman]

great pic's midnightserval

 

[hornet]

you need to incubate them in something like a chinese container filled with peat or spagnum moss with a mesh lid. Let the substrate dry in between waterings but most of the time there will be enough humidity.

 

[Noongato]

Let me know if anyone decides to sell some bugs........

 

[station]

my wife has some , it took under a year for about 13 to hatch so far only thing she does is mist the enclosure everyday in summer and cuts it back to about 3 times a week in winter

this is one of them eating

[video=youtube;AkEJIZZv9qA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkEJIZZv9qA[/video]

 

[Noongato]

Cool, cool. I miss my old Bird eating spider, the stick bugs sortof fill the emptyness.

 

[hozy6]

cool hornet i wouldn't mind getting some stick bugs what sort of setup do you need for them

 

[Noongato]

Something that will hold plants, and preferably a gauze/flyscreen material for air flow.

 

[rmcneill]

Station, did you put the music in the backround your self? what was it do you remember? i love all of that relaxing type of music

 

[noni]

Station, did you put the music in the backround your self? what was it do you remember? i love all of that relaxing type of music

hey it's noni (station's mrs) i made that vid and the music was an american indian flute thing i found on limewire

 

[noni]

here's a few pics of our babies - they are about 15mm long and are still dark brown like ants (and they run like crazy)