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Diet For Stick Insects…

Even the food provided to them should be relevance to the leafage getable to them in their natural habitat. Blueberries are one of the most favorable foods of stick insects. Otherwise they can be given raspberry, ivy, oak, privet, oak and hawthorn. These insects can be maintained in a vivarium or round jar, which has a few holes on the top. The length of the jar should be threefold bigger than of the insect and it should be tallish in height. The holes shouldn’t be so broad that the insect can run away from it. To be extra protective, a mesh could be arranged all over the holes, to complete keep them from escaping.

Inside the jar you should maintain the temperature of 70 to 75degree Fahrenheit. At night times the temperature can be less to 60s.The humidity inside the vivarium should be average, Stick insects are very delicate insects and should be managed with special attention. A covered up water container can also be placed and the insect should be let to drink from it only below invigilation, as the animal can drop into that and drown in it.

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