Pink-winged stick insect

Sipyloidea sipylus is a slender winged phasmid; captive female lines may reproduce without a male.

Confirm the culture’s identity.

Plan for hidden viable eggs and a dependable supply of fresh browse.

Arrange dependable holiday care and keep money available for food, replacement equipment and appropriate veterinary help. Test the habitat before the animal arrives.

Wildform proposes 30 × 30 × 45 cm with fine-gap ventilation, secure food stems and at least three adult body lengths of usable hanging room.

Measure usable internal space after substrate, guards and furnishings. Check ventilation, cable holes and access against the smallest occupant. Fix heavy furnishings independently of loose substrate.

The PSG account specifies room temperature. Check measured day/night conditions rather than relying on that phrase alone.

Record the warm and cool locations, overnight minimum and daytime maximum. Air, surface and substrate readings are different measurements. Any added heater needs compatible thermostatic control and safe separation from the animal; assess summer cooling as well as winter heating.

Agree and measure the actual room-temperature regime.

Use a daytime cycle and darkness overnight. No mandatory UVB target was established.

Keep the night dark and provide retreat from daytime light. Lamp percentage, electrical wattage and a product name cannot establish the exposure reaching an animal. Check the finished installation after changes to mesh, branches or lamp position.

Offer fine drinking droplets, with airflow and no heavy condensation. Seal plant-water reservoirs against small nymphs.

Inspect the occupied refuge and substrate as well as the air reading. Adjust water provision and ventilation together, and clean contaminated drinking surfaces. A single humidity number cannot describe every microclimate.

Provide accepted pesticide-free bramble, raspberry or rose and replace wilted foliage. Confirm that new nymphs begin feeding.

Record what is actually eaten and follow changes in growth and body condition. Food size, life stage and the full diet matter. Supplement products require an individual plan; do not combine calcium, vitamin D and multivitamins by guesswork.

Open the enclosure cautiously because adults can use their wings. Avoid pulling delicate legs from a branch.

Make necessary maintenance predictable and allow voluntary retreat. Prepare a secure transfer container before essential moves. Observation should not repeatedly interrupt feeding, rest or moulting.

Leave moulting animals undisturbed and review falling, grip and foliage quality if problems appear.

Keep dated observations of appetite, activity and condition. A sudden decline, injury, abnormal breathing or repeated failed moults needs appropriate professional assessment. This guide does not provide a diagnosis or medicine dose.

Eggs may be glued to leaves, mesh and corners. Inspect removed browse and contain offspring without outdoor release.

Ask for a dated source record, scientific identity, life stage and established care history. Keep new arrivals and their equipment separate while an appropriate quarantine plan is agreed. Check current official rules for the exact animal, route and transaction before importing or buying; this page does not establish legal clearance. Never release animals or viable eggs outdoors.

Contain parthenogenetic eggs securely in discarded material.

Check fresh leaves, small drinking droplets and secure vents. Inspect old foliage for eggs before disposal and review hanging room. Keep a dated record of measurements and observations, and revisit the full advice when conditions or life stage change.