This is a subadult nymph of the stick insect Extatosoma tiaratum. Amazing insects and arachnids to have as pets February 2, 2018 If you’re on the hunt for a pet with a difference, you might want to consider adopting an insect or arachnid. One interesting Australian phasmid is the Spiny Leaf Insect (Extatosoma tiaratum), also called Macleay's Spectre Stick Insect.The females of this species have very large bodies but very short wings and are unable to fly. Stick and Leaf Insects ALL ANIMALS ARE SOLD AS JUVENILES UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. Titan stick insect, Acrophylla titan Tesselated phasmid, Anchiale austrotessulata Large brown mantis, Archimantis latistyla Monster mantis, Archimantis monstrosa Spur legged phasmid, Didymuria violescens Goliath stick insect, Eurycnema goliath Darwin stick insect, Eurycnema osiris If you know a seller of tropical insects or pet insects, you can contact me. Buy spiders, scorpions, centipedes, stick insects, beetles and many more other Australian bugs and insects! 2008. Museum Victoria. Stick insects are part of the order Phasmatodea (also known as phasmids and walking sticks) and are most often found in subtropical tropical habitats—when you can find them, that is. In the future I want to place a list of sellers on this page. A mother Lord Howe Island stick insect has left behind an “incredible” gift for Melbourne Zoo that could protect future generations of the species, once thought extinct. At Amazing Amazon we have an extensive range of Stick Insects, Australian Spiders, Scorpions, Beetles and other weird and wonderful invertebrates. The Titan is a brown stick insect that does indeed look like a... Click to continue> Stick Insect (Ctenomorpha chronus) Ctenomorpha chronus is a large stick insect. Havant. These amazing bugs are hard to spot because they look so much like twigs—until those twigs get up and walk away, that is. Melbourne. CSIRO Publishing; Henderson, A. Henderson, D. and Sinclair J. Keeping stick or leaf insects for the first time? A Complete Guide to Breeding Stick and Leaf Insects. 2009. Please state the location of the shop, what they sell, if they always have insects for sale or just sometimes and if they sell wild-caught or captive bred insects. There are over 6000 stick insect species on Earth, many of which are kept as pets. Click here and check out our instructional video. Some of these unusual creatures make for fun and interesting pets. Info Minibeast Wildlife Bug Shop Minibeast Wildlife PO Box 506 Kuranda QLD 4881 Australia ABN: 94 396 062 691 Call us at 0434 998 263 Subscribe (It used to be considered the longest, but Ctenomorpha gargantua discovered a few years ago is even longer). Stick insects are insects that often mimic sticks, branches or leaves. We also have Melbourne's largest range of enclosures to suit these wonderful pets. This is an incomplete list of mantids and stick insects found in Australia.. Common species. Kingdom Books. Spiny Leaf Insects. Brock, D. and Hasenpusch, J. The Titan Stick Insect is one of the longest stick insects in Australia. Bugs Alive, A guide to keeping Australian invertebrates. The Complete Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia. List of sellers