{"id":1424,"date":"2022-07-15T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keepingbugs.com\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2022-07-19T18:02:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T18:02:21","slug":"what-to-feed-stick-insects-a-helpful-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keepingbugs.com\/what-to-feed-stick-insects-a-helpful-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Feed Stick Insects: A Helpful Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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All stick insects and leaf insects are herbivorous, which means they only eat plant material. But phasmids don’t eat every plant, and they can be quite particular about which plant they accept and which not. Some accept multiple types of plant food sources, while others only eat the leaves of one or two plants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bramble is the safest choice to start feeding your stick insects because it is accepted by almost all species of stick insects. However, variation is important to make a nutritious diet so you should also try food plants like oak, beech, hawthorn and privet. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We need to consider that we don’t have the plants available they eat in the wild and that what we feed is a substitute for what they find in their natural habitat. So to try and cover a nutritious diet we must try to offer them a wider range of food plants. So it is good to experiment with different food plants, as long as it is not poisonous or sprayed with pesticides. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When keeping stick insects, you need to know what they eat, but also where to find those plants you can feed. It is therefore essential that you can recognize the different plant species and know what part they need from that plant. But first, let’s talk about what plants are suitable to feed to stick insects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

What do stick insects eat? A list of suitable plants to feed stick insects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are several plants that are more suitable than others. But besides that, there are some general aspects we have to take into account to keep our stick insects healthy and alive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n