Carausius morosus the common indian or laboratory stick insect is a species of phasmatodea phasmid often kept as pets by schools and individuals.
Indian walking stick insects.
Stick insect species often called walking sticks range in size from the tiny half inch long timema cristinae of north america to the formidable 13 inch long phobaeticus kirbyi of borneo.
Culture stocks originate from a collection from tamil nadu india like the majority of the phasmatodea c.
The indian walkingstick also called the laboratory stick insect is a long slow moving plant eating insect from india.
The eggs become co mingled with their droppings frass.
For indian stick insects this means a cage a minimum of 15 inches tall although a little higher would be better.
The escape of this species into the wild has caused ecological problems in southern california and britain.
The genus and species of the indian walkingstick is carausius morosus.
The eggs are difficult to distinguish from frass and are easily tossed out in the process of cleaning the cage.
Housing the stick insect.
These amazing bugs are hard to spot because they look so much like twigs until those twigs get up and walk away that is.
The phasmatodea also known as phasmida phasmatoptera or spectra are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects stick bugs walking sticks or bug sticks they are generally referred to as phasmatodeans phasmids or ghost insects phasmids in the family phylliidae are called leaf insects leaf bugs walking leaves or bug leaves.
As a rule stick insects need an enclosure that is three times as tall as the length of the insect.
Morosus are nocturnal culture stocks are parthenogenetic females that can reproduce without mating.
All are nocturnal most active at night herbivores plant eaters.
The southern california problem.
Glass tanks 10 to 15 gallons tall glass jars plastic pet containers and other similar containers work well for housing.
There are almost 3 000 species of stick insects order phasmatodea in the world.
The presence of the indian walking stick in the wild in southern california specifically san diego is a concrete example of the damage that can be done by feral walking stick insects.
Indian walking stick insects produce viable eggs without mating and broadcast them in their cages or containers.
Walkingstick order phasmida or phasmatodea also called stick insect any of about 3 000 species of slow moving insects that are green or brown in colour and bear a resemblance to twigs as a protective device some species also have sharp spines an offensive odour or the ability to force their blood which contains toxic distasteful chemicals through special joints in the exoskeleton.
Giant spiny stick insect spiny leaf or walking stick insect tick flies are biting midges in the microhelea subfamily this female midge forcipomyia sp is feeding on the hemolymph of a walking stick insect.
