Wikipedia:Carausius morosus
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| Carausius morosus Sinety, 1901 |
Carausius morosus (the 'Common', 'Indian' or 'Laboratory' stick insect) is a species of phasmid that is often kept by schools and individuals as pets. Like the majority of the phasmatodea they are nocturnal. The majority of culture stocks are parthenogenetic females, that can reproduce without mating. There are no reports of males, although in captivity gynandromorphs (female with male characteristics) are sometimes reared.
[edit] Care in Captivity
This is an easy species to rear, feeding on fresh privet or ivy (bramble is (unusually) not accepted as readily). They need to be kept in a cage around 25cm in height to allow for successful [moult]ing. Females will lay eggs shortly after reaching adulthood, at the rate of several per night. These can be hatched by keeping them on moist sand or paper towel. Eggs take around months to hatch, depending on many factors including temperature.
