Stick Insect Hatches

by Marianne
(Sydney, NSW)

Stick Insect hatching

Just to let you know a few updates with our stick insects.

There have been some deaths along the way, but we have recently had a few Childrens Stick Insects hatch. They hatched on the 12th of August, 2008.

Interestingly, they have still been attached to their eggs and have struggled to get their back legs free. I'm not sure if the last two which hatched will survive.

In the photo above, you can see that three legs of this tiny Childrens Stick Insect are still inside the egg. It is on a Gum leaf.