Stick Insect Care

Indian (Carausius morosus) – This species likes fresh or frozen blackberry, lettuce, ivy, rose, oak, and shefflera leaves as food. Avoid standing water, periodic misting is best. Room temperature is ideal. Adults are all females and they’ll reproduce prolifically without males. You can leave the eggs on the bottom of the enclosure and they should hatch within a few months.

Pink-wing (Sipylodea sipylus) – These Madagascan bugs can fly a little. Keep at room temperature and feed fresh or frozen blackberry, oak, rose, hawthorn, raspberry, or lettuce leaves. They don’t eat ivy. Room temperature is fine. Mist periodically instead of standing water in a dish. They reproduce quickly, and affix their eggs to various surfaces where they can be left to hatch on their own.

Vietnamese Giant (Ramulus artemis) – These are slow and deliberate climbers, and also the largest species we produce, which makes them great for interaction. This species prefers blackberry, oak, raspberry, privet, or hazel leaves. Some will consume ivy. Mist every day or every other day, and avoid water dishes. Keep them at room temperature. They will reproduce prolifically.

Live Stick Insect Sizes

They are approximately 1/4” in length when they arrive to you, and will grow quickly if you keep them fed well!

Shipping Your Stick Insects

USPS 2-3 day shipping is free, regardless of the number of stick insects you buy. We can only ship these if you are a permitted entomologist or educational organization. Please peruse our shipping information page before ordering. Phasmid orders are shipped each Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Orders placed Wednesday through Sunday will likely ship the following Monday for the safety of the insects. Sorry, we do not ship internationally (U.S. only).

When you buy stick insects from us, you receive our 100% ironclad live arrival guarantee. Please read the details of our guarantee before ordering.

Because we responsibly offer live feeder stick insects for sale online (as well as reptiles, amphibians, tarantulas, and scorpions), we reserve the right to delay your order upon the fairly rare occurrence of unacceptable weather conditions. This is strictly for the safety of the insects, and you will be notified by e-mail if this does occur.