Sub Family: Lonchodinae

Foodplant in captivity: I only use Bramble.

Humidity requirements: The species seems to be content with living in a glass tank (mesh lid), and being sprayed just once or twice a week.

Comment: This species is typical of the Lonchodes spp, in that it resembles nothing more than a twig.  I sometimes notice them hanging down vertically from branches in their cage - see picture below.

When disturbed it even drops to the floor - legs either side of the body - and will remain in this stick-like posture even when picked up. 

Of my mature pair, the female measures 12.5 cm in length (head to end of abdomen), and the male measures 11. 5 cm long.

The adult female is a dull brown colour, with a seemingly random pattern of mottled lighter-coloured patches along the top of her body; these markings aid in camouflaging her as a lichen-covered twig.  The adult male has a slightly shinier texture, and his colouration is composed of one single shade of dull brown.  His thorax has two small thorn-like protrusions, just above the hind leg.