Krissim Klaw
I think you could make a set up like that work really well for walking sticks if you wanted to. You will want to do some research and find a species that will work good with the sort of internal environment you got going on but walking sticks for the most part are pretty easy. You could be a lot more laid back about any sort of watering system or internal mister then and those wouldn't be required unless you really wanted them.
Another option you could toy around with is some praying mantises. There are some species that do pretty good in group settings as long as you provide enough space per a mantis and plenty of food. These same mantises tend to also be the type that prefer flies and smaller prey items (that is in part why they tend not to cannibalize.) There will always be some risk involved with such set ups, but if you are willing to look at that as the more natural course of how things can play out, you might have fun with it.
Finally I might suggest looking into some tailless whip scorpions. They can be kept communally and are something I would love to one day set up a naturalistic cage for. They look so cool. --->
Awesome Bug Ahoy!!!Awesome. I might definitely look more into ideas for the setup I had, then. I'll definitely post pictures, if I do. :
) - If I were to do walking stick set up, I probably wouldn't have a misting system. I'd just mist them by hand.
I thought about those as well. And I don't know if you remember or not, but I had actually mentioned how I've loved the orchid mantis for several years. I may go with them eventually, but for right now I would feel more comfortable with going with the walking sticks. It's not like I'll end up owning the walking sticks for the rest of my life, so I can always get the mantids later on. - I had heard about them being little cannibalistic, and how you shouldn't put them in groups. :
( Though as I said before.. I may experiment with them later.. but for right now, I'm actually quite interested in the stick bucks.
kfj;lakjsdfkla -- There are very few insects that don't creep me out. Those are not one of them. By name I didn't know what they were.. until I clicked on it and I realized that it was the same thing they used in a Harry Potter movie.. as someone stated in a top comment. - If you set up a cage for them someday, I'd love to see it. But they just creep me out too much to own one.
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I've read that walking sticks like blackberry leaves. Would it be possible for me to put a thornless plant in there? Or some other kind of plant that they really like? If I could keep the plant alive, it would keep me from having to worry about buying them leaves, or finding some from someone's garden, lol.
