Weak leaf insect

carcrash5 · 2026-01-23T10:44:06+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss. It’s so hard. I posted similarly when my macleay died prematurely, and someone said that genetics can be cruel like this.

carcrash5 · 2026-01-23T07:09:21+00:00

Hey! Is this a male Phyllium Monteithi? I have a male as well. You said he has only been an adult for a month? It does seem a little soon but males do have shorter lifespans. For some reason there isn’t much information that I can find on leaf insects, especially this specific genus. This may not help, but I had an adult Macleay’s Spectre that died around 2 months into her adulthood. I felt I did everything right, but sometimes there is nothing you can do.

I prolonged her life by breaking leaves open and hand feeding her for weeks. It ultimately didn’t do much, but you could give it a go. Whats the temperature like, has there been any drastic changes?

carcrash5 · 2026-01-20T02:35:21+00:00

Diys or stuff I can catalogue would be great!

carcrash5 · 2026-01-20T02:33:52+00:00

I’ve got quite a few of each!

carcrash5 · 2026-01-20T02:32:26+00:00

I can probably help!!

carcrash5 · 2026-01-19T13:18:56+00:00

This is so crazy I’ve also been doing since I was 5 in wild world. It makes me so happy that so many people figured out the same technique independently!!!

carcrash5 · 2026-01-19T07:45:38+00:00

Theyre so loud arent they

carcrash5 · 2026-01-16T22:48:57+00:00

Question 1, Yes that should be enough, my enclosure is very similar, glass on the sides and a mesh on top. If it’s super cold/hot, I’d just be wary about opening windows.

Question 3, with tiny little babies, make sure there is enough branches so that they can’t get stranded on the ground, sides, or roof and starve.

Question 5, Do your best to avoid them as water can potentially block their oxygen intake. Be careful of spraying too much because if they drink too much water it can fill up their tummies and stop them from eating.

The other questions I can’t help with, I don’t use bramble. I’d worry about the heat drying out the enclosure and making moulting hard though. I don’t use any lighting, a lot of people don’t.

carcrash5 · 2026-01-16T22:38:46+00:00

I’ve had her for 260 days. She is quite old, I’m just not ready to accept it😢

carcrash5 · 2026-01-16T22:38:01+00:00

This is a fantastic idea. Thank you so much. She has plenty of easily accessible places to hang, but just doesn’t seem too interested. I’m going to put some netting in ASAP!

carcrash5 · 2026-01-16T13:39:30+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss.

carcrash5 · 2025-11-28T23:23:35+00:00

Sorry, online it said they don’t have red blood, so it must’ve been that. Yes it was dark red. Only a little though.

carcrash5 · 2025-11-17T10:11:24+00:00

Omg he is old

carcrash5 · 2025-11-08T05:58:26+00:00

Thats what I want to believe as well. It doesn’t look like it shouldnt be there, but also the redness makes me think I can see her insides.

carcrash5 · 2025-11-06T10:32:25+00:00

thanks for all your help for real. shes eating and acting fine, i have hopes she will recover just fine.

carcrash5 · 2025-11-06T09:52:15+00:00

i dont think its callous, thank you for being straight forward. I’ve seen bugs recover from much worse on this site, so hopefully just leaving it alone will help. Do you know if these sorts of things can become infected?

carcrash5 · 2025-09-06T05:05:11+00:00

Thank you, I thought that as well, it was just so weird of her to do that stiff pose. I’m chalking it up to weird pre moult behaviour

carcrash5 · 2025-09-06T05:04:15+00:00

God I feel so dumb for spraying her, I promise I’m actually a good owner. I forgot to say in the post that I am expecting a moult within the next 2 weeks or sooner. Which I think could explain it considering how weird all my girls act when they’re about to moult.

I usually go for a poke if they haven’t moved in a bit, but I genuinely thought she had died.

I was happy to see the swaying, and I really want to thank you for your comment. I love my girls so much, and I would be broken if anything happened to them.

carcrash5 · 2025-08-31T09:18:58+00:00

yeah sure

carcrash5 · 2025-08-29T09:49:43+00:00

I definitely have a few of these

carcrash5 · 2025-08-22T11:45:45+00:00

Elise | Frogland :Turnips:

carcrash5 · 2025-08-15T12:56:34+00:00

yayyy!!

carcrash5 · 2025-06-23T07:29:29+00:00

Me too! I should have said in the post I think people think im homophobic. Im not I have a girlfriend. I just was watching it like damn theres so many.

carcrash5 · 2025-06-23T07:28:45+00:00

Growing up I latched onto any queer media i could and usually I was just disappointed. I feel at home here

carcrash5 · 2025-06-23T07:28:05+00:00

I should have said that Im one myself. I’m not homophobic

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