Psg 310 Periphetes Forcipates Caresheet
Country of origin: Sulawezi
Food: bramble, raspberry, (winter-,summer-,stone-, american-) oak, salal, pyracantha, (this is a polyfagious species)
Temperature: Room temperature is perfect for periphetes forcipates, but a little bit colder or warmer is also good, it's a strong species.
Humidity: It's recommended to spray each evening, because the animals like humidity.
Equipement:a standard terrarium (3x the length of the stick insect for the height and two times the length for the wide and dept of the terrarium) is a little bit to small for this species, because the females are big. Some paper towels and a bottle with food plants and some water in it is well for this phasmid.
Sex determination: the males are approximately 8 cm, the females 9 cm. The differences between both sexes are very big when they are adult and also in the last nymphs phases. The female animals are bigger and stronger than the male ones. The adult female is green and has a very big abdomen when she lays eggs. The male is orange and can curl his abdomen like a scorpion.
Breeding: sexually
Incubation period:3-4 months. Keep the eggs humid on paper towel or vermiculite, but watch out for mold!
Lifespan (nymph):it takes the animals 3-4months to become adult. .
Lifespan (adult): the adult animals live very long after their final molt, but how long, that depends on the animal.
breeding speed: this species grows fast and lays a lot of eggs. Don't keep to many, because they hatch very good!
Special behaviour: this species doesn't have a defense system, but they will crawl very hard when you pick them up. The females are very strong and the males very fast. But once they are a little bit accustomed to your hand, they are very calm. It's really a nice species to keep.
For more pictures: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.615385971813635.1073741861.441799802505587&type=3
Difficulty: 2-3 (this species is good to start with, but sometimes some nymphs die in their first weeks.)
(1= very easy, 10= only for very good breeders)
© Made by Wietse Chanet.
Food: bramble, raspberry, (winter-,summer-,stone-, american-) oak, salal, pyracantha, (this is a polyfagious species)
Temperature: Room temperature is perfect for periphetes forcipates, but a little bit colder or warmer is also good, it's a strong species.
Humidity: It's recommended to spray each evening, because the animals like humidity.
Equipement:a standard terrarium (3x the length of the stick insect for the height and two times the length for the wide and dept of the terrarium) is a little bit to small for this species, because the females are big. Some paper towels and a bottle with food plants and some water in it is well for this phasmid.
Sex determination: the males are approximately 8 cm, the females 9 cm. The differences between both sexes are very big when they are adult and also in the last nymphs phases. The female animals are bigger and stronger than the male ones. The adult female is green and has a very big abdomen when she lays eggs. The male is orange and can curl his abdomen like a scorpion.
Breeding: sexually
Incubation period:3-4 months. Keep the eggs humid on paper towel or vermiculite, but watch out for mold!
Lifespan (nymph):it takes the animals 3-4months to become adult. .
Lifespan (adult): the adult animals live very long after their final molt, but how long, that depends on the animal.
breeding speed: this species grows fast and lays a lot of eggs. Don't keep to many, because they hatch very good!
Special behaviour: this species doesn't have a defense system, but they will crawl very hard when you pick them up. The females are very strong and the males very fast. But once they are a little bit accustomed to your hand, they are very calm. It's really a nice species to keep.
For more pictures: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.615385971813635.1073741861.441799802505587&type=3
Difficulty: 2-3 (this species is good to start with, but sometimes some nymphs die in their first weeks.)
(1= very easy, 10= only for very good breeders)
© Made by Wietse Chanet.