Indian Walking Stick (Carausius morosus) Stick Bug Insect

NO SHIPPING TO FL Indian Walking Stick Stick Bug aka the Laboratory Stick Insect  A fun, fascinating, quiet, mellow insect friend that uses crypsis, a camoflage defense mechanism where they mimic branches and sticks to blend in with their environment.  Indian Stick Bugs are nocturnal.  They sleep during the day with outstretched arms to look like a stick.  When they wake, they look like robotic wind-up toys, marching across branches and eating the leaves of whatever non-toxic, pesticide-free plants you put in their enclosure.  They love ivy, oak, ash, rose, brambles, eucalyptus, grape, mulberry, and many other leaves. Can grow to 2 to 4 inches long and live 1-2 years.Parthenogenetic: they produce fertile eggs without a mate. YOU MUST NEVER RELEASE YOUR STICKBUG INTO THE WILD and MUST MUST MUST DESTROY THE EGGS BY DISPOSING OF THE CONTENTS OF THE BOTTOM OF THE ENCLOSURE SO NOTHING CAN ESCAPE OR SURVIVE.  You will get a care sheet with details on this.  We ship younger, smaller insects s