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Species: Baculum sp. (PSG 144).

Common Name: Vietnamese?

Size:  Maximum: Females, 12cm.

Breeding: Parthenogenetic (females only).

Eggs: This species will lay several hundred eggs, which are either dropped or catapulted to the floor.  A high hatch rate can be observed with a percentage up to 80%.  Between 3 and 5 eggs will be laid per day.  Hatching takes 2 to 4 months.

Food: Bramble.

Humidity: Spray lightly every two or three days. Can be longer.

Comments: An easy species to keep for the beginner. It is larger than the Indian stick insect, has very long legs and are green throughout their life cycle.  They have a small ‘spine’ on the underside of the second to last segment of their abdomen.  

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