How difficult is it to keep Japanese Spiny Stick Insect?

Beginner. This is a beginner-friendly species. No special equipment or experience is required, and it can be kept successfully with basic care setup.

What is the lifespan of Japanese Spiny Stick Insect?

The average lifespan of Japanese Spiny Stick Insect is Adults 4-6 months. With proper care and nutrition, they can live a long and healthy life.

How large does Japanese Spiny Stick Insect get?

Japanese Spiny Stick Insect typically reaches 55-68mm (a species list gives females at 57-75mm) as an adult. Size may vary depending on care conditions and individual genetics.

What is the typical price for Japanese Spiny Stick Insect?

The price of Japanese Spiny Stick Insect varies significantly depending on bloodline, size, captive-bred generation, and sex. Check our market price page for the latest pricing information.

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Japanese Spiny Stick Insect

Q: What should I feed Japanese Spiny Stick Insect?

Japanese Spiny Stick Insect feeds on: The leaves of a wide range of plants, some thirty species in twenty-one families, with lacecap hydrangea particularly favoured. Aim for a balanced diet with appropriate feeding frequency.

Beginner

Neohirasea japonica

Stout for a stick insect, with many spine-like processes along its back and margins. Almost only females are known, males having been confirmed just three times in Japan, so it is thought to reproduce by parthenogenesis. Its range of food plants is unusually wide.

Difficulty

Beginner

Temperature

20〜28℃

Lifespan

Adults 4-6 months

Size

55-68mm (a species list gives females at 57-75mm)

Humidity

60〜80%

Diet

The leaves of a wide range of plants, some thirty species in twenty-one families, with lacecap hydrangea particularly favoured

About

Neohirasea japonica is stout for a stick insect, bearing many small tubercles along the back and spine-like processes along the margins and midline of the thorax. It measures 55-68mm and is a matt dirty brown overall, varying from yellowish to greenish brown in a way that appears to follow the environment it grew up in. In Japan it is known from Honshu west of the centre, Shikoku and Kyushu, with a record adding Amami Oshima, and abroad from Taiwan and southern China. It is nocturnal, spending the day in roadside hollows, the gaps in stone walls or at the base of its food plants, and emerging after dark to feed. Its food plants are remarkably varied: an observation on Hachijojima recorded thirty species in twenty-one families, spanning both dicots and monocots, with lacecap hydrangea particularly favoured in the wild. Almost only females are known; males have been confirmed just three times in Japan, and the species is thought to reproduce by parthenogenesis.

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