Species: Epidares nolimetangere (PSG
99).
Common Name: Touch-Me-Not Stick Insect.
Size: Maximum: Males,
3.5cm. Females, 4.5cm.
Breeding: Sexual, can be
parthenogenetic without males.
Eggs: These will be laid in to a pot
of sand or peat. A depth of 5cm is usually sufficient.
Food: Bramble, Oak.
Humidity: Medium. Spray once every
two or three days.
Comments: A lovely compact, stout and
small insect, with up to 8 large spines. They are brown (female)
or brown to reddish (male). Very easy to handle and fast. They
have the ability to be very clingy and can sometimes make
themselves hard to be removed. This species is very inquisitive
and impossible to keep still. Make sure that they are kept
in a sealed container when they are being cleaned out, as the
males have a habit of wandering off and being difficult to find.
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