keeping and rearing insects
keeping insects.
keeping adult insects.
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stick insects
stick insects eat leaves there are no stick insects in the UK but you can buy them from some pet shops and .W.W.B. Here is a table of what they eat
| name | latin name | food |
| - | - | - |
| # Indian | carausius morosus | privet, ivy, hawthorn |
| Pink Winged | sipyloidea sipylus | bramble |
| Thailand | baculum TH U1 | bramble, raspberry |
| Macleays Spectre | extatosoma tiaratum | bramble (eucalyptus when young) |
| Javanese | orxines macklottii | rhododendron |
| *Corsican | bacillus rossius | rose, bramble, raspberry |
| **New Guinea | eurycantha calcarata | bramble, raspberry |
* = may die before becoming an adult
** =adults need water in a shallow plate to drink
# =see photo (below)
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# Indian Nymphs and eggs
Rearing butterfiles and moths
First of all you need to find A some egg's or B some Caterpillar's
If
you have some egg's they will most likely be under a leaf, remove
the leaf remembering what the plant is, then put it in a jar and
seal it with cling film, keep a close eye on them check every 12
hour's min after they hatch place a new fresh leaf in with them
they will make it like a fine net. Change the leaf every day
cleaning out the poo every 2-5 days depending now much there is.
After about 10 day's you can safely clean them, without loosing
them, you will need to clean them every day now as they will be
bigger, after a period of about Three -7 weeks they will pupate
and change into a butterfly or moth. (Some moths will lay eggs
very readily I kept some White Ermine moths in a tub for 24
hours and they laid over 50 egg's (I managed to breed 20 of these
into moths.).
So you will have read about their food plant if they are to live
a hanging cage