Giant Thorny Stick Insects

Giant Thorny Stick Insect

Animal Class: Invertebrate.

Distribution: Saba, in Borneo.

Diet: Fresh leaves of bramble, blackberry, rose, oak raspberry or ivy.

Lifespan: Up to 2 years.

CONSERVATION STATUS

Unknown.

Population Trend

Unknown.

Threats

There are no major threats to this species.

Population

Unknown

Their spikes are not used to fight or sting, but in nature they do serve to make it harder to eat the stick insect.

You can find our colonies of Giant Thorny Stick Insects in the Nocturnal House and Reptile House.

Zoo – 01924 235276 / office@ponderosa-centre.co.uk

Lakeside Restaurant – 01924 404604 / lakeside@ponderosa-lakeside.co.uk

Day Care – 01924 404154

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