Green stick insect ID

[Oxyopes]

Does this guy gadgets01 have any Phasmids or is he just running a mobile phone shop? ;)

I thought this was a phasmids ONLY forum. :rolleyes:

I picked up some new stickies today. :D swapped some Baculum Thaii and Aretaon for 3 not sure what! 90mm long, green with yellow eyes about 4mm thick, they hold their front legs out straight mostly and are very active on my hands.
any ideas what they could be? (yes I know they're stick insects! :p )

[Daniel Ballmer]

Do they have a brown abdomen end and a brown stripe on the head? If yes, they could be sub-adult Ramulus artemis.

[Morpheus_UK]

Daniels right i`d say :)
As for gadgets01 we occasionally get a lifeless spammer on here posting this and that, rest assured they are all mopped up my our moderating team shortly :)
BTW im going to move this to the ID section, would prove useful for future readers then :)

[Oxyopes]

Many thanks Daniel. I did a google on that and the picture confirms to me these do indeed look like Ramulus artemis . Any advice on food plants, they like bramble and one just tried some ivy, but i'm not convinced 'she' likes it :)


I dont have a camera so cant post pic for confirmation.......yet!

Thanks also to Morpheus for both moving the post to the right spot and putting me in the picture on spammers.




Regards

[Taz Devil]

I dont have a camera so cant post pic for confirmation.......yet!
Bugger, I should have left Gadget01 on here so you could have got a cheap camera off him. ;) :D

[Oxyopes]

Nice input Taz, I wasn't thinking! I could have snapped one up in a flash!:D

My 3 newies left some ova 'ovanite' and from the pics I have seen theyre definately Ramulus artemis. Thanks chaps!

[Taz Devil]

Well if you have to beg borrow or steal a camera, it would be nice to see your sticks as they grow.

[Oxyopes]

I'm working on it