r/Stickinsects

This Indian stick tried to hatch this morning - when I found her she was mostly out except her tail and she was not moving, I thought she was dead

After a light mist and a paintbrush the egg popped off, but all her legs are deformed. She can’t walk, only shuffle very short distances

I’ve propped her on a misted leaf so she can drink, but it’s not safe to move her into the nursery

What else can I do to help her? She is incredibly weak and won’t move on her own - could she still make it?

Her underside is more yellow than other newborns and her tail looks frayed :(

I was gifted these stick and leaf bug eggs (if needed I'll look for the species's name) and once they hatched the stick bugs were fine but all the leaf bugs died, did I do something wrong?

So I found this guy on my porch, he's missing 2 legs, and I didn't think he was going to make it. I got him some oak leaves and have been misting them, this morning he finally had the will to live and was drinking the water off the leaves.

I have a friend with a glass enclosure I'm going to borrow, does anybody have any tips to keep this bug alive?

My cat is always interested in stick insects, can he literally sit and stare at them all night, how do wean him off? that made me put an iron net on tank so he couldn't reach them with his paw, my other cat doesn't even care about my other pets

Buonasera, il mio insetto stecco femmina di Ramulus Nematodes ha circa un anno di vita.

negli ultimi giorni vedo che l’addome si sta gonfiando.

Ha sempre fatto uova e non é mai successo che avesse quella forma.

Grazie.

Heteropteryx dilatata, 4 photos
Eurycantha calcarata, 5 photos
Extatosoma tiaratum, 3 photos
Diapherodes gigantea
Taraxippus samarae

I also have Sungaya aeta, Phyllium philippinicum and good ol' Carausius morosus

The decorative plants have finally managed to stabilize. They make the enclosures look prettier

This guy moulted in the time me and my bf were out for dinner and drinks!!

Is anyone able to give a sex identification for both/either? I think they're both boys but not 100% sure. We are also getting a bigger enclosure for them soon, just waiting on arrival. Also, is there any precautions we need to take with a freshly moulted spiny leaf insect??

Hiya, so my daughter got some wee "mystery" leaf insects that were hatched from unidentified eggs. They weren't sure of an exact species, does anyone have any suggestions? Not my area of expertise at all and I need to make sure they're cared for properly.

Also, is their enclosure okay?

Thanks 💚

I'm currently devastated.

I took care of her for so long, and in her final molt she snapped 3 of her legs clean off.

I made sure the humodity was right, and that she had enough space, but she hurt herself bad.

They are heavy animals, how can she even move around now?

Is there even anything i can do? Should I just put her out of her misery?

I am honestly stumped. I think I see a beak at the end but the end segment is also very bulbous! Juvenile sunny stick insect about 3-4cm at this point.

Hi, this is my first time owning stick insects (I have 4), I got them off of a friend of my mum's who had too many. From what I can Google I think I'm doing the right things, misting with water, ivy in sealed water pots for food, lots of places to climb and hang, enclosure at least 3 times their height etc.

I went to clean out the dry food today and noticed there was one that had died and one that's not growing that was wriggling on her back, I've flipped her over multiple times and she immediately rolls backs over. I'll put some pictures of my enclosure and the insects. Any advice on what I'm doing wrong would be great

I took some free sticks from neighbors, I think they might be some mixed breed with other sticks (like Australian or Eurycantha calcarata) is that possible? I never saw annams with such pattern and spikes