Carlius fecundus "Farino"

Carlius fecundus "Farino"
Genus
Carlius
Species
fecundus (Carl, 1915)
Stock
"Farino"
CLP
765
Culture status
Unknown
Foodplants
Hypericum spp.
Salal (Gaultheria shallon)
Beech (Fagus sylvatica)
Breeding notes

Carlius fecundus "Farino"
(by Bruno Kneubühler)

 

General Informations

  • provenience: Farino (New Caledonia)
  • ID by Frank Hennemann and Oskar Conle
  • F1 CB culture by Bruno Kneubuehler (2014)
  • further taxonomical informations ➤ phasmida.speciesfile.org
  • this is a pure culture, and serious breeders are asked to not mix it with cultures of a different provenience

Females

  • slender species
  • 7.5 cm
  • some females are reddish-brown
  • other females are greenish at first, then turn brown later on
  • two white tubercles on the mesothorax, which are not arranged symmetrically

Males

  • slender too
  • about 5 cm
  • brown
  • few males are all green
  • fully winged
  • two white tubercles on the mesothorax, which are not arranged symmetrically

Food Plants

  • Hypericum
    well accepted by nymphs and adults
  • Salal (Gaultheria shallon)
    well accepted by nymphs (L2 and older) and adults
  • beech (Fagus sylvatica)
    moderatly accepted by nymphs and adults

Breeding, Behaviour

  • active mainly during the night
  • they usually feign death when touched
  • although males are fully winged, they fly seldomly
  • eggs are stuck into a substrate, e.g. humid kitchen paper
  • a sand-filled (about 3 cm high), shallow box is also well accepted for oviposition. But the box in a corner of the cage. Eggs have to be sieved out of the sand once per week (to prevent that they dry out)
  • about 15 eggs per female and week
  • incubation (HH-method on slightly damp sand) about 2 - 3 months at 20 - 23°C
  • nymphs hatch during the night
  • a humidity of about 80+ % seems to be good for this species
  • easy to breed in my experience

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