Phaenopharos khaoyaiensis (Red Winged Stick Insect)

PSG215 Phaenopharos khaoyaiensis

Common name: Red-winged S/I (Again, I really don’t know the common name. I try to encourage the use of Latin names.)

Subfamily: Necrosciinae

Origin: Thailand

Adult size: Females: 130mm

Food plants: Bramble, Hawthorne, Hypericum, and Raspberry. I also had some eat Privet.

Description: Very stick like! The one I hold I my hand as I write this is a mottled grey, with small black tubercles all over the thorax. Antennae are very long, and there are small appendages on the tarsi of the front legs. The small, rudimentary wings, used to scare predators are bright scarlet, with black lines running out from the base. Very psychedelic! When at rest all legs are snapped close to body, and front legs are outstretch forward. The body is then bent at the join of the thorax and abdomen, so as too look more like a twig.

Comment: Very easy to keep. Mine are at a moderate humidity, but I have kept them drier before. Spray moderately once a week. Eggs are black, round and shiny. Keep on damp vermiculite, and they should hatch in about 4-6 months. That’s about it really!

Pronunciation: Fen-no-seth-fair-ross kay-o-a-e-en-sis