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Macleays Spectre - Bushbaby - 30-06-2005
These are my latest experiment at work and so far we are doing very well.
Was given a large number of mature eggs and in two weeks have had 26 hatchlings of which 25 have survived.
These critters are amazing - there is a good picture of an adult female here:
http://www.nrk.no/img/349773.gif
Macleays Spectre - TheDuck - 30-06-2005
rather you than me
:noway:
Macleays Spectre - Bushbaby - 30-06-2005
TheDuck Wrote:rather you than me
:noway:
I have been accused of being a bit strange because of my fascination with stick and leaf insects but I figure everyone has to have a hobby and this is far more interesting than stamp collecting!
Macleays Spectre - Pronkertjie - 30-06-2005
ai jai jaiiiii! Not me thank you. Glad we are not the same!
But then, it must be pretty amazing working with it!
:daisy:
Macleays Spectre - penelope - 30-06-2005
Rather you than me.....I'll stick to stamps
.... that address was Norwegian...
Macleays Spectre - Venus - 30-06-2005
What a fascinating looking bug!
All the best with your babies. Please let us know how they get on. :luck:
Macleays Spectre - TracyW - 30-06-2005
BB totally understand. I was going to buy a Tarantula but my friends told me they would not visit me! lol. So totally understand.
Macleays Spectre - Bushbaby - 01-07-2005
I had to babysit a tarantula last year - the tank was one of those types that opens in the front, not the top, and I learnt just how quickly they can move when they want to. As I am intimidated by spiders it made for a very tense month...
I will stick with these bugs - they are slow moving after the first moult and there is no danger of them running away on you.
Macleays Spectre - Toktokkie - 03-07-2005
Bushbaby Wrote:These are my latest experiment at work and so far we are doing very well.
Was given a large number of mature eggs and in two weeks have had 26 hatchlings of which 25 have survived.
These critters are amazing - there is a good picture of an adult female here:
http://www.nrk.no/img/349773.gif
How interesting! We see quite a number of these stick bugs around.
At the moment we are plagued with a strange green beetle. I have never seen them before. They're big (for a beetle) and fly fast and right at you. I take an electronic fly swatter with me everytime I go out in the yard. It looks like a small tennis raquet and gives me more surface to hit them with. These bugs freak me out. Nasty!!!
Macleays Spectre - Bushbaby - 06-07-2005
Toktokkie Wrote:How interesting! We see quite a number of these stick bugs around.
At the moment we are plagued with a strange green beetle. I have never seen them before. They're big (for a beetle) and fly fast and right at you. I take an electronic fly swatter with me everytime I go out in the yard. It looks like a small tennis raquet and gives me more surface to hit them with. These bugs freak me out. Nasty!!!
We have a large brown beetle here that has appeared over the past two years (along with the warmer weather). Not a nice experience having one fly into or around you.
This year for the first time I have also spotted new spiders in the garden - they are like small button spiders, but bright acid/lime green!
The Macleays are doing great, am up to 35-38 youngsters now, and my oldest female has just shed for the first time and is now about as thick as an earbud and just a bit longer than a matchstick. She has also changed colour from black and orange to a tan brown.