tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885233882675095356.post3445341895277244323..comments2024-03-17T22:44:46.606-07:00Comments on Pacific Science Center Life Sciences: Stick Bug FeedingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08914562498228395953noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885233882675095356.post-71883657334674857192010-03-19T09:12:35.694-07:002010-03-19T09:12:35.694-07:00Several years ago PSC Animal Care staff tested var...Several years ago PSC Animal Care staff tested various kinds of evergreen foliage on our stick insects as an alternative to blackberry. We tested Mountain Ash, Hawthorne and various Rosacea. We even tried English ivy which is fed to Indian or Laboratory stick insects (<i>Carausius morosus</i>). The only foliage that our Australian sticks devoured was Salal (<i>Gaultheria shallon</i>), a northwest evergreen groundcover that is not as abundant as blackberry. <br /><br />Ironically, we didn't try Wax Myrtle which literally grows under our noses!Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07125139966188443563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885233882675095356.post-13719842465794488582010-03-13T07:57:37.455-08:002010-03-13T07:57:37.455-08:00Stick insects also like to eat English ivy. That&#...Stick insects also like to eat English ivy. That's what we used to feed ours and they thrived and reproduced on that diet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com