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Diapheromeridae

Vietnamese Prickly Stick Insect

Neohirasea maerensตั๊กแตนกิ่งไม้

The page we cite does not state this figure. We opened it on 10 Aug 2026 and it gives no temperature for this species at all. The values above may still be right, but we cannot show you where they came from, and nobody here has checked them against a second source. Anything about a sick animal goes to a qualified exotic vet, not to a page. exotic-pets.co.uk

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Drag the sun. Vietnamese Prickly Stick Insect is nocturnal, so what it is doing changes with the light.

Arboreal · temperate · humidFrom the sheet: 18–26°C, humidity 60–75%

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Temperature18–26 °C
Humidity60–75 %
Enclosure20×20×30

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
18–26°Ambient

One ambient band, 18–26°C. This sheet states no warm side, no cool side and no night figure, so none are shown. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet states18-26°C

Humidity

60–75%Target RH

The sheet states60-75%

Identity

Adult size

1.75 m8–9 cm
1520100400 cm
8–9 cmNose to tail, adult

The size the sheet states for a grown animal.

Why

Two drawings, because they answer two questions. The silhouette is at true scale against a 1.75 m person: it says how big this animal actually is, which no number does for someone who has never seen one. The bar under it is logarithmic and shared by every sheet here, so a 2 cm isopod and a 4 m python both stay readable on the same axis and two species can be compared at a glance.

Order / Family
Phasmatodea
IUCN / CITES
Not evaluated; CITES not yet in our data
Difficulty
Beginner
Commonality
Common
Adult size
F ~8–9 cm dark, spiny; M ~6–7 cm
Lifespan
F ~6–10 mo adult; total ~12 mo
Growth rate
Medium
Activity & niche
Nocturnal · Arboreal & low browser
Temperament
Very calm, hardy
Venom / defense
Harmless; small thorns; plays dead

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

20 cm30 cm
warm hideclimbing branchwatersubstrate
50100150200 cm
20 × 20 × 30 cmWidth × depth × height
4dm² of floor
Warm side: not in our dataUVB: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet states20×20×30 cm (H ≥3× body); mesh top

Temperature
18–26°C
Humidity
60–75%
Min. enclosure
20×20×30 cm (H ≥3× body); mesh top
Substrate
Coco fibre; mist for humidity
Hides / decor / water
Leafy sprigs & bark; mist droplets

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Diet

Feeding rhythm

Food stays available

The sheet states food is always present rather than given on a cycle, so there is no interval to draw.

The sheet statesBramble (staple), rose, hazel, raspberry · Fresh leaves always available; replace ~weekly

Staple food
Bramble (staple), rose, hazel, raspberry
Feeding frequency
Fresh leaves always available; replace ~weekly
Supplements
None; fresh host leaves only

Behaviour and handling

HandlingDocile; support body
CommunalYes: gregarious
Defense / stress signsPlays dead; freezes

Reproduction

Life course

Day 0Hatch
0.5–0.8 yrLifespan in care
0.5 yrMinimum commitment
Sexual maturityNot in our data

Read from the lifespan and maturity the sheet states, for animals in care and not in the wild.

Why

The minimum commitment is the low end of that lifespan, and the reproductive window is what is left after maturity: both are subtractions on stated figures, not figures of their own.

Reproduction
Sexual, but FACULTATIVELY PARTHENOGENETIC if no male; eggs dropped; hatch ~2–4 mo

Common health problems

Common health issues
SignsMismoult, dehydration
Red flags / quarantine
SignsSluggish, shrivel, mould

Good to know

  • A small dark thorny stick that thrives even at cool room temperatures

What it needs

Enclosure at least 20 × 20 × 30 cmbecause enclosure20×20×30 cm (H ≥3× body); mesh top
A thermometerbecause temp18-26°C
A hygrometerbecause humidity60–75%

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Sources

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What this sheet states

100%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

Every field this product runs on is stated here. That is not a claim that the values are right: it says what the sheet states, not whether it is true. Whether a human has read it is the badge at the top of this page.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.