Sold!!! Stick insect eggs and other things.

BensBeasts1

BensBeasts1

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Thats right I am selling/ trading stick insect eggs! And other things to make room for more insects!

STICK INSECT EGGS!!!  (Diapheromera femorata)

This US Phasmid (Stick insect) is a medium-easy level care insect. Although it is common around east US but I found all of USA and parts of Canada they are very good at camouflage so people think they are rare or hard to come by. 

 
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Honestly that’s what I thought! I bet anyone on here $10 that you cannot find this species available in the hobby. 

 
BensBeasts1 said:
Honestly that’s what I thought! I bet anyone on here $10 that you cannot find this species available in the hobby. 
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lol I find this species in the dozens (once collecting in Arkansas I found over 200 juvies in a 2 hour hike, over a dozen was on a bush by the car). Don't try to proclaim them to be rare.... not in the hobby cause nobody wants them. There are some more interesting stick bugs in the US, like a black and white skeletal sp in Ocala or some massive ones in south Tx. Also they are illegal to transport over state lines (though APHIS won't care about this species cause it's everywhere anyways) But that said, to someone who does hope to acquire them, dollar each isn't bad. 

 
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Rare is subjective. Things can be locally common in one spot, and "rare" in another. I would call snowy tree crickets "rare" where I live, because in

15 years I've only caught one, which I tracked down through it's chirping.If there were more, I'd have heard them before. Same with anything else.

Spend enough time using Ebay, and you'll see that everything is "rare"...

 
JunkaiWangisme said:
lol I find this species in the dozens (once collecting in Arkansas I found over 200 juvies in a 2 hour hike, over a dozen was on a bush by the car). Don't try to proclaim them to be rare.... not in the hobby cause nobody wants them. There are some more interesting stick bugs in the US, like a black and white skeletal sp in Ocala or some massive ones in south Tx. Also they are illegal to transport over state lines (though APHIS won't care about this species cause it's everywhere anyways) But that said, to someone who does hope to acquire them, dollar each isn't bad. 
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He sent me some of his stick insect eggs. Are you telling me they are illegal? I’m in CA.

 
JunkaiWangisme said:
if these are not CA native (which I don't think they are) then yeah... Oh well, add them on top of the other stuff you got, why not?
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As quoted by various sources “This walkingstick is native to North America. Its range extends from the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida, as far west as California and northwards to North Dakota. It also occurs in Canada (where it is the only stick insect) being present in Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec”

This is a very hardy species so it makes sense that they are in canada or California.

Although I think the farther west, like CA will have less than say here in the east.

 
JunkaiWangisme said:
lol I find this species in the dozens (once collecting in Arkansas I found over 200 juvies in a 2 hour hike, over a dozen was on a bush by the car). Don't try to proclaim them to be rare.... not in the hobby cause nobody wants them. There are some more interesting stick bugs in the US, like a black and white skeletal sp in Ocala or some massive ones in south Tx. Also they are illegal to transport over state lines (though APHIS won't care about this species cause it's everywhere anyways) But that said, to someone who does hope to acquire them, dollar each isn't bad. 
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Never said they were rare.

”Although it is common around east US they are very good at camouflage so people think they are rare or hard to come by.”

That day must have had the bushes covered in them. LOL.

Although some are brown, I have seen some very colorful individuals, I get that some may look cooler. But, I feel this is a classic and should be in the hobby.

 
BensBeasts1 said:
Never said they were rare.

”Although it is common around east US they are very good at camouflage so people think they are rare or hard to come by.”

That day must have had the bushes covered in them. LOL.

Although some are brown, I have seen some very colorful individuals, I get that some may look cooler. But, I feel this is a classic and should be in the hobby.
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If you want to get a lot get a sweep net or a beat sheet, they are very easy to get (I've seen trees covered in them in more preferable climates). But for reference stick insect eggs are not to be transported across state lines in any case. 

 
I understand your concern and recognize the importance of that, but shouldn’t we all be worried about non-native more?

I am sure the non natives are more destructive and problematic.

 
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kevink said:
Rare is subjective. Things can be locally common in one spot, and "rare" in another. I would call snowy tree crickets "rare" where I live, because in

15 years I've only caught one, which I tracked down through it's chirping.If there were more, I'd have heard them before. Same with anything else.

Spend enough time using Ebay, and you'll see that everything is "rare"...
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You caught one? Woah! These guys are very rare! Their chirps also tell the temperature.

 
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