Stick Bug (Pseudodiacantha
macklotti, currently known as Orxines macklotti) (PSG-2)
Taxonomy: |
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Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
Class: |
Insecta |
Sub-Class: |
- |
Order: |
Phasmatodea |
Sub-Order: |
Anareolatae |
Family: |
Heteronemiidae |
Sub-Family: |
Necrosciinae |
Genus: |
Orxines |
Species: |
macklotii |
Year: |
- |
Distribution: |
Java. |
Both male's and female's wings are reddish-orange
with brown stripe along the edges, and white spots
inside the brown stripe. Ova takes 4 month to hatch.
They should be kept at 22°- 25°C. The nymphs
take 5 month to mature.
Nymphs shoulld be raised on preferably Rhodedendron,
but Hypercium sp. (st johns wort) is fine too. Only
adults will eat Bramble.
Females: get 2 3/4 inch (7cm) long.
Males: get 2- 2 3/8 inch (5 to 6cm) long.
Diet: Rhododendron,
Azalea, Bramble, Ferns (a little bit),
Hypercium sp. (st johns wort).
Ova.
Subadult male.
Adult female. |