Phyllium (Phyllium) tobeloense "Galela" leaf insect Phasmatidae 20 pcs

Description: Phyllium (Phyllium) tobeloense "Galela" leaf insect Phasmatidae 20 pcs Selling 20 pcs Phyllium (Phyllium) tobeloense "Galela" eggs from mated various color female, leaf insect Phasmatidae 20 pcs Free world-wide free shippingDescription from: https://phasmatodea.com/phyllium-phyllium-tobeloense-galelaFemalestypical leaf-like phasmidsbody length about 9.5 – 10.5 cmfemales can be very differently coloredmost females are bright greena few females are bright orange-yellow with darker markingsalmost white or light-brown veins on the forewingssmall white spots ventrally on abdomenrear side of hindleg's coxae with a yellow-black dotrear side of midleg's coxae with a yellow dothindwings are short──────────────Malesalso very typical for this genusbody length about 6 cmcoloration is rather consistent amongst malesmainly green coloredantennae grey-browneyes light browndistinct ocelli (simple eyes) on the headlong, translucent hindwings──────────────Nymphslenght about 12 mmblack-brownwhite rings and areas on the legs and laterally on the abdomenby L4 it is quite easy to draw a distinction between ♀♂ (by the naked eye)──────────────Eggsabout 4 x 2.5 mmlight brownlike in other Phyllium species, these eggs have many bristly hairsthese hairs are close-fitting to the eggs just after layingwhen the eggs get in contact with water, then these hairs spread out and the egg looks quite bristlysurface with numerous round dentsmatt──────────────Food Plantsit is very much recommended to cut away the edges of the leaves for nymphs in L1regularly change the plants and the water in which they standthe Free-Standing-Setup works very well for small nymphs bramble (Rubus spp.) is very well accepted by nymphs and adults──────────────Behaviouras in most (or even all ?) Phyllium species, nymphs of this species hatch around noon timefreshly hatched nymphs run about a lot, up and down the cage almost the whole day longas soon as they start to feed, they settle down and become very stationaryit can take 3 – 5 days before they start to feedolder nymphs as well as adult are passive during the day and out and about feeding at nightespecially small nymphs and adult males can react rather frantically when they feel threatened (like when being touched). They drop down, wriggle about and freeze again after a few stepsadult females try to vigorously clamp a potential predator between her hind legsadult males are quite often near or on the ground in the cagemales can fly very wellmatings occur often during the night, males do not stay with the same female for a long timea defensive spray has not been observed (although it has been reported for other Phyllium species)females fling the eggs away - with a swing of the abodmen and they just drop to the groundfemales often lay eggs in pairs──────────────Developmentincubation time (HH-incubation on slightly damp sand at 20 - 23 °C) is about 3 - 4 monthsplease note, that for phasmids it is not uncommon that some nymphs hatch a few or many months after the first nymphs hatchedspread some moss over the eggs - this will make it much easier for the nymphs to hatch unscathed and it also reduces mould growth to some extendmales will be adult after about 5 – 6 months (at 20 – 23°C), females after about 6 – 7 monthsfemales start laying eggs after about 2 – 3 weeksabout 25 – 35 eggs per female and weekif the population density too high, then females will very often feed on eachother's abdomenadults can live for several months, also males can live for 3 – 4 months──────────────Breeding Notesmy general notes on how to breed phasmids are an integral part of this care sheetit is recommend to keep this species in a seperate cage. The culture is much more likely to be successful than in an multi-species cage which are all too often badly croweddegree of difficulty = 2 (1= very easy / 5 = very difficult)keep nymphs seperate from the adults. This makes it much easier to monitor their developement and they are protected from being disturbed or even harmed by the much bigger adults (like during their moults)keep the nymphs in a netting cage, use the Free-Standing-Setup for small nymphs (L1 - L3)using a ventilator seems to be very advantagousa humidity level of about 60+ % rH (for adults) and 75+ % rH (for nymphs) seems to be finemove nymphs to a bigger cage as they grow biggera cage of at least 30 x 30 x 60 cm height should be provided for 3 – 4 adult coupleskeep as few females as possible per cage as females will very often feed on eachother's abdomen when the population density is too high. A lot of food plants in the cage does also minimize the danger that females feed on eachother's abdomenspray smaller nymphs (L1 to L3) with water once every day (do not used chlorinated tap water). This water should dry up within a few hours, therefore an airy cage is needednymphs can be sprayed directly with waterit is not needed to spray older nymphs and adultsmake sure that nymphs, which are about to undergo their final adult moult, do find places in the cage which would offer them enough space beneath to moult successfully PLEASE NOTE! Some countries prohibit the trade in herbivorous terrarium insects. Please order the eggs only if the delivery to your country is not against the law. Any problems arising from this are the responsibility of the customer.

Price: 30 USD

Location: Budapest

End Time: 2025-01-02T05:53:14.000Z

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