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Spiny Leaf Insect
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Spiny Leaf Insect
Genders
What Is a Spiny Leaf insect?
Males and females are different in a few ways. They have a different shape and size. Males can fly and have wing but females don't.
A Spiny Leaf Insect Is a large species of Phasmid. They come in a few colours and grow to 11-30cm. They are native to Australia and you can find the in wattle, rose bush or eucalyptus tree's.
Males
Females
Male Spiny Leaf Insects are smaller than
females and have a shorter life. Males grow to about 11cm long and live for about 6-8months. Males have fully functional wings but they are very clumsy when flying.
Fun Facts
Care
>The Spiny Leaf Insect is also known as Macleay's Spetre Stick Insect.
>Females lay can lay thousands of eggs over their life.
>Eggs can take two years to hatch.
>The eggs have a knob that attracts ants.
Leaf Insects are great and are easy pets to look after. All you need is a cage, jar, spray bottle and fresh leaves every 2-3 days. You must empty the cage every week so the droppings don't clump up. The droppings make great fertilizer because it is just chewed up leaves.
Water
You will need to fill up the jar with water to keep the leaves fresh.
Insects can't drink from a bowl so you need to spray the leaves so they can drink from the droplets of water.
Female Spiny Leaf Insects are larger than males and have a longer life. They grow to about 20-30cm and live for 18months. Females can't fly but have short wings. They can lay eggs without
a males but the eggs will all hatch as
females.