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Katniss, an adult Female Spiny Leaf Insect

Katniss, an adult Female Spiny Leaf Insect enjoying some ‘free time’ outside. When taking your Spiny’s outside, you have to keep an eye out so that birds don’t swoop and eat...
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Recently hatched nymph

Photo taken in Dec 2012 of a recently hatched nymph. It is less than 1 hour old in this...
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Lichen Spiny

A unique Lichen Spiny Leaf...
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Lichen Spiny

Our Lichen Spiny just hanging...
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Adult Female

One of my adult females ‘Sarah’ on my...
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Handling Spiny Leaf Insects

Spiny Leaf Insects are friendly and are an easy exotic species to keep. They will happily climb onto your hand if you are gentle with them, and will not hesitate to explore and try to climb to the highest point they can!

Housing

Spiny’s are best kept in a well-ventilated, tall enclosure. Enclosures for insects are called vivariums. You can use a mesh style enclosure, plastic tank, glass fish tank or even a modified large plastic tub like the ones you get from $2 shops.

Glossary

Following are some of the common words that are used in online forums, care sheets and amongst invertebrate owners. If you can learn some you will sound like an expert.