Orophus tessellatus (Saussure, 1861)
Brief Description
Distribution: Ecuador, Panama, Columbia, Costa Rica
Stock from: Costa Rica
Size: ♂♀: ca 40mm
General Care: 23-28°C, 70-90% rel. humidity
Feeding: Plant-eating: e.g. Bramble, rose, Fagus sylvatica, Castanea sativa
Breeding: oviposition of single eggs into leaves (e.g. ivy), hatching after approx. 70 days
Advice/Specifics: for oviposition we used ivy or Scindapus; the exchange of the plants from time to time increases their life time and therefore increases the hatching rate.