Genus
Species
Stock
Culture status
Unknown
Foodplants
Bramble (Rubus spp.)
Hazel (Corylus avellana)
Breeding notes
(by Bruno Kneubuehler)
the detailed care sheet with many more photos will follow here later on...
- very easy species
- incubation about 3 - 4 months
- feed very well on bramble and hazel
- need a humid cage
- spray regularly but let water dry up before you spray again
- female's color is very variable
- males are almost black, many with a blueish hue, few with a greenish hue
- females about 6 cm, males about 4.5 cm