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.
