Check out these monsters!

[Andee]

It's foul smelling and a persistent irritant to mucous membranes and eyes.

 

[jpowell86]

It's foul smelling and a persistent irritant to mucous membranes and eyes.

Lovely!!

 

[Andee]

It is quite a deterrent and an amazing defense mechanism. I find them quite a truly fascinating insect, however I personally would never keep them, even for pets because anything they found as a possible threat is fair game. So if they didn't like humans we'd be targeted as well. And since they are well known as a Devil's (which is a nick name for many aggressive stick insects) Stick insect, they are most likely not very placid.

 

[jtimen]

So while visiting Janet, I knew I was in prime area for Megaphasma denticrus. I went out on a midnight scavenger hunt with Janet and came back with five females and one male. They are absolutely huge. I have bought them their own reptibreeze enclosure. Today I was replacing their branches and decided to see if I had any eggs yet. I got up to 200 and stopped counting because I was no where close to the end. That was only about 1/4 of the floor of their cage.

They are monsters. They strip down oak like it's chocolate. They apparently have very short lifespans which is why they lay eggs in such mass volume. I figure I will give them another week to do their thing, then I will feed off the adults.

I gave one to Naga today. He went bananas for it. So I guess it will be a good food item for my big guys.

Sorry for the crappy pics, but they don't stay in one place very well!

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Suh-weet!

 

[jpowell86]

Suh-weet!

Right!