Genus
Species
Stock
CLP
816
Culture status
Probably lost
Foodplants
Bramble (Rubus spp.)
Beech (Fagus sylvatica)
Breeding notes
(by Bruno Kneubuehler)
General Informations
- provenience: Cuetzalan (Puabla, Mexico)
- ID by Oskar Conle (DE)
- taxonomic evaluation by Oskar Conle (DE), Frank Hennemann (DE) and Pablo Valero (SP)
- F1 CB culture in 2015 by Ulises López Mora (MX), first CB culture in Europe by Bruno Kneubuehler (CH)
- further taxonomical informations ➤ Phasmida Species Files
- this is a pure culture, and serious breeders are asked to avoid mixing this culture with similar populations from a different provenience. When spreading this culture to other breeders, then always use the full name with provenience
- this culture has the number CLP 816 (Online Phasma Culture List)
Females
- small species
- body 6 cm
- green and light brown specimens
Males
- very delicate, small phasmids
- body length 5 - 5.5 cm
- their coloration is hardly visible to the naked eye
Nymphs
- freshly hatched nymphs are greenish-brown
- about 11 mm long
- on how to distinguish between male and female nymphs
Eggs
- 2 x 1 mm
- brown mottled
Food Plants
- bramble (Rubus spp.)
well accepted by nymphs and adults - beech (Fagus sylvatica)
well accepted by nymphs and adults
Breeding, Behaviour
- very easy to breed
- active mainly during the night
- they feign death when touched
- a defensive spray has not been observed
- eggs just drop to the ground
- about 5 - 10 eggs per female and week
- incubation (Cup-Incubation-method, on medium damp vermiculite) about 3.5 - 4.5 months at 20 - 24 °C
- eggs can be covered by vermiculite (about 5 mm high), which makes it easier for the nymphs to hatch without getting stuck in the eggs shell
- eggs of this species are not prone to get mouldy
- nymphs hatch during the night
- a humidity of about 70 - 75 % seems to be good enough for nymphs and adults
- one can spray them regularly with chlorine-free water, but allow the water to dry up before spraying again
- males will be adult after 3 months (at 20 - 24°C), females after 4 months