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donttouchtheneednoggle · 4 months ago

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don't mind me just dethorning the bramble in my stick insects' cage because a CERTAIN beautiful old lady

managed to snag her wing on one and got stuck there until I saw and detangled her and I am not eager to repeat the experience!!

ALSO I finally managed to get a picture of the whole family as it is now :DDD

1 adult Indian stick insect, 1 adult Pink Winged stick insect and three Pink Winged stick insect nymphs at various stages of development

(I also have an Indian stick insect nymph but she lives in a separate enclosure at the moment and is so tiny getting her out would be way to stressful for both her and me)

#ik what you're thinking 'theyre just lines' EXACTLY #keeping baby stick insects is way too stressful man I'm constantly terrified one's escaped and I haven't noticed #thank god they seem to be growing quickly the biggest one's only a month old #and is way more chill than she was #mine #I love my adult pink wing so much she's literally ancient she's outlived her sister by like 3 months #her wings aren't meant to look like that but it's also not all from the accident #she's always had trouble foldng them properly and it's got more pronounced as she's got older #that's why it happened the thin papery part of her wing that concertinas out for flying isn't tucked away safe against her body #not that she flies those days are long gone although she was never particularly enthusiastic about it #hence why she's probably lived so long #live fast die young and all that #I love her sm #a miracle I actually managed to get them all in one photo #last time I attempted it I finally managed to get the babies settled down in one place in a little group #then put old lady down #and she literally ploughed straight through the middle of them #littlest one went flying #another just climbed up her leg and clung to it #ma'am they are your children or your nieces #they literally do not perceive each other as sentient beings I swear it's hilarious #sorry for the background it's the only surface they'd settle on #there's a tag for it isn't there #trypophobia #trypophobia tw #fr though it was so horrid finding her all tangled up #and she did not take kindly to me trying to help her #but she ok now 😊

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