Cigar Stick insect (Cigarrophasma tessellatum)

Cigar Stick insect Cigarrophasma tessellatum

Sold as juveniles – Captive Bred

This species are robust and stocky insects, living up to their name, looking very much like a cigar.

Adult Body Length Female 14cm
Foodplants Eucalyptus & Syzygium

Notes
We currently only have a parthenogenetic population, so only have females available.
Reported to feed on Alphitonia and Buckinghamia (Field Guide Stick and Leaf insects of Australia, 2009), we have not trialed this yet.