Necrosciinae sp. "Bidoup Nui Ba"

(by Bruno Kneubuehler)

General Informations

• provenience: Bidoup Nui Ba NP (Vietnam)
• F1 CB culture by Bruno Kneubuehler (Switzerland)

Females

• about 6.5 - 7 cm long
• very setose
• green mottled
• flattened
• unwinged

Males

• about 5 - 5.5 cm long
• green mottled
• unwinged

Food Plants

• bramble (Rubus spp.)
  well accepted by nymphs and adults, exept for the old leaves in spring which are not readily accepted
• Salal (Gaultheria shallon)
  well accepted by nymphs and adults
• beech (Fagus sylvatica)
  moderatly accepted by nymphs and adults
• the natural food plant could be walnut (Juglans)

Breeding, Behaviour

• a species which likes to hide out in darker places, clinging tightly to the substrate
• eggs are stuck into leaves or other materials, even on the cage floor
• incubation (HH-method on slightly humid sand) about 3 months at 20 - 23°C
• eggs turn greenish about 2 weeks before hatching, due to the green color of the developing embryo
• nymphs are green, about 18 mm long
• males are adult after 2.5 months (at 20 - 23°C), females after 2.5 - 3 months
• medium-difficult species, as quite a lot L1 nymphs can die