Does anyone have an orchid that’s THIS pink? A girl I know told me she got it from a reptile show… I’ve never seen anything like it & I am highly interested. PM me please

I finally got my hands on one 😎 I’ve been searching reptile expos for like a whole year! Pulchriphyllium giganteum. The bow is not real but she wears it in my heart.

I’ll be building her a nice mesh enclosure with a raspberry bush when she’s big enough but for now she gonna hang out in my empty mantis enclosure with some guava leaves.

Hi everyone. Does anyone in Australia have Male Violet Wings available atm. Could you please let me know if you do. TIA

Does anyone have any Caliris elegans (Pink Wing Mantis) for sale? Live or ootheca? i live in the USA, New York to be exact.

Title: ISO Pink Stick Insects – Marmessoidea rosea & Sipyloidea sipylus 🩷
Hi everyone!
I’m currently searching for two species of beautiful pink stick insects and was hoping someone here could help or point me toward a breeder.
I’m looking for:
🩷 Marmessoidea rosea (Pink Stick Insect)
🩷 Sipyloidea sipylus (Pink-wing Stick Insect)
I’m interested in purchasing them at any stage of life, but I would especially love:
🥚 Eggs
🌿 Nymphs/Juveniles
🪴 Adults
I’m located in New York, USA and am happy to pay for shipping.
I’ve completely fallen in love with these gorgeous phasmids and would love the opportunity to raise them. If you breed either species, know someone who does, have eggs available, or know of an upcoming clutch, I’d be incredibly grateful for any leads.
Thank you so much! 🩷

I’ve wanted to have pet stick & leaf bugs for YEARS, and somehow I only just learned that most of them are illegal to keep as pets in the US because they’re herbivorous (“plant pests”) and parthenogenic

What’s the process to keep them legally? How hard is that to achieve for an average private citizen?

She moulted into adulthood a few weeks ago, about 2 days ago she started just laying on the bottom of her enclosure, face in the dirt. I don't think it's a food issue or anything because she's housed with a male who's doing perfectly fine. Zero changes have occurred since she moulted, is she dying? I have them on a diet of mostly rose and blackberry leaves, and she still responds to being touched. I'm really worried about her so hopefully there's an easy explanation

She regrew a tiny leg that she lost before I got her :(

Edit - please excuse the typo in the title T^T I know they’re leaf insects and not, in fact, made of lead!

I bought these guys as Phyllium Letiranti Tataba - can anyone assure me that’s what they are?

I know they can be multiple colors including green, but all 8 of mine are green and I’m still quite new to the hobby. Does someone know how to differentiate Letiranti from Phillipincum?

Hoping for more color in the next generation :)

I have both Thai and leaf insects and I’m curious about what would need to be done to sell future offspring.

Just got this one and wondering what instar and how long I should be expecting eggs. Extatosoma tairatum

Can any one help!! My brother’s school had 6 stick insects of some sort living in mold, the paper towel at the bottom was yellow and full of mouldy droppings and their bramble was black and furry. I asked if we could take them and they said yes!! I ordered a mesh cage which should hopefully get here soon. Does any one have any ideas what species they are? Are they normally this dark? We have bramble growing in our garden completely free of pesticides etc so food isn’t a problem! Thank you 🫶

Adult female's

I would venture the spines are very good at yielding rainwater and mist as well as breaking up the silhouette of such a juicy guy. What do you think?

Hey l all, two days pastni had my first death, nothing too surprising, old girls, but also very sad.

This morning I've found another in the bottom of the cage with a spot of blood on her head and she's very slow and stiff, curling legs and just immobile on the floor. Did she bang her head on the fall or ? Any insight?

I’m probably overthinking but is that white coloration on there body normal? They’re not THAT old they’ve barely been adults for like less than a month ish so I’m hoping that’s just them being healthy adults cause they’re pretty plump

I just wanna put my mind at ease cause I love them so much does anyone know?

Hi, so a couple days ago one of my Indian sticks moulted and got stuck in the abdomen part. I tried helping her by spraying the abdomen with water and trying to pull her off gently, but I ended up injuring her.

She seems to be pooping just fine, I’m hoping she’ll be able to moult again and create new tissue around the wound. Also, I don’t think she bled.

Is there anything I can do to help her?

Also i don’t know how to spoiler alert the picture on Reddit, sorry

Hello everyone. I got my first 2 leaf insects (it was a gift from a friend) like 10 days ago. I think they are doing fine. They seems active and they eat a lot.

I would like to know if they are adult (and how to tell if they are) and also how i will notice when the female is having eggs? Like that she is ready to lay eggs?

They are Mossy and Pickett

Thanks in advance