菲律宾叶䗛

菲律宾叶䗛的基本数据

饲养难度

适合新手

寿命

雌成虫6～9个月（例外情况1年），雄成虫约3个月

体型

Females 65-98mm, males 55-68mm

适宜温度

22〜27℃

适宜湿度

60〜80%

饮食

Mainly bramble leaves, with oak or guava also taken

Temperature & Humidity

Keep the insects at 22-27 °C and 60-80 % humidity. Mist the food plant with lukewarm water every two or three days to raise the humidity. Rearing at lower, room-level temperatures yields a higher proportion of males at hatching.

Breeding & Egg-laying

Parthenogenesis plays essentially no part, so both sexes are needed. Adult males live up to four months, exceptionally long for Phyllium, and during mating they ride on the female's back for days at a time. The eggs are about 5 mm long, just under 3 mm wide and 10 mg in weight, and hatch after four to five months. Because the males are long-lived, fertilised eggs are easy to obtain, hatch rates are higher and the nymphs are more robust.

Cohabitation

They are leaf feeders and do not attack one another, so a group can share one enclosure. Adult males are active at night, walking and flying through the branches in search of a female. Because a handled insect will shed its legs, move the animals on a leaf or twig rather than picking them up.

Lifespan & Rearing Period

Eggs hatch after four to five months and the nymphs need a further four to five months to mature, males slightly faster. Adult males live about three months and females usually six to nine, exceptionally up to a year. From the second moult the sexes can be told apart by the abdomen, which narrows into a diamond shape in males and broadens in females.

Health & Notes

The culture was first circulated as Phyllium spec. (Philippines) or, incorrectly, as Phyllium siccifolium, and the old names still appear on photographs and labels. Foreign phasmids count as quarantine pests under Japan's Plant Protection Act and live specimens may not be imported except with ministerial permission, so choose animals bred within Japan. They must never be released or abandoned outdoors.

关于菲律宾叶䗛

菲律宾吕宋岛的叶虫。雌性体长65～98毫米，酷似叶片；雄性体长55～68毫米，身体纤细，能够短距离飞行。这是一个公认适合初学者的种类。

迎接菲律宾叶䗛前需要了解的7件事

1. 1饲养箱与通风

   由于喜欢高温高湿，在通风性良好的饲养箱内定期喷雾来保持湿度是基本要求。过度干燥容易导致蜕皮不全，因此应该定期加湿。

2. 2主要食草的准备

   它们偏好蔷薇科植物的叶子（如树莓等），需要持续准备新鲜的叶片。将叶子插在水中可以延长其新鲜度，使日常照顾更加方便。

3. 3雌性和雄性的区别

   雌性体长65～98毫米，体型粗壮，无法飞行；而雄性体长55～68毫米，身体纤细，能够短距离飞行。比较它们的形态和动作差异也是饲养这个种类的乐趣之一。

4. 4温顺的性格

   这种昆虫行动非常缓慢，没有攻击性，长时间伪装成叶片静止不动。不适合寻求活跃动作的饲养，但很适合希望静心观察的人。

5. 5蜕皮的时机

   在幼虫期，随着生长会经历多次蜕皮，在此期间身体变得非常脆弱。蜕皮中或蜕皮直后，应避免惊吓或触碰它们，轻轻观察是很重要的。

6. 6成虫寿命目安

   雌虫成虫通常寿命约为6〜9个月，罕见个体能生存约1年。雄虫成虫寿命比雌虫短，一般约为3个月左右。

7. 7繁殖难度

   在叶虫中，这个物种被认为特别容易繁殖，饲养难度属于初学者友好型。即使是首次进行昆虫饲养的人，也是比较容易处理的物种。

菲律宾叶䗛的常见问题

Q.菲律宾叶虫初学者也能饲养吗？

A.该物种的饲养难度被列为初学者友好型。只要掌握好湿度管理和食草供应，即使是初次接触昆虫饲养的人也容易上手。

Q.雄虫和雌虫的外观和寿命有差异吗？

A.雌虫体长65〜98mm，外形与叶片高度相似，成虫寿命约为6〜9个月（极少数个体能活1年左右）。雄虫体长55〜68mm，体型纤细，能进行短距离飞行，但成虫寿命约为3个月，明显短于雌虫。

Q.应该喂什么食物？

A.主要采食蔷薇科植物的叶片（如树莓等）。饲养的关键是持续补充新鲜叶片，确保不会出现缺草的情况。

Q.这是CITES管制的昆虫吗？

A.菲律宾叶虫不在CITES管制范围内。

Q.可以饲养多只或进行繁殖吗？

A.在叶虫中，这个品种特别容易繁殖。通过持续管理饲育环境和食草，这是一种相对容易尝试繁殖的昆虫。

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