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Is there a stick insect expert on here?

  • 24-12-2016 04:00PM
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    Just found a 3 inch long one on the doorstep. I didn't even know they existed here. Is it an escapee and should we do something or let it wander off?


Comments

  • #2
    JackieChang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,578 ✭✭✭JackieChang


    Let's see a pic.


  • #3
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    That's somebody's pet.


  • #4
    Canis Lupus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,880 ✭✭✭Canis Lupus


    Are you sure it's not just a stick?


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    JackieChang wrote: »
    Let's see a pic.

    If I could link one, I would. After telling my wife it wouldn't climb up the doorstep, it moved off...and started climbing the wall...


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Not as weird as I thought, they can exist here in the SW...

    http://phasmid-study-group.org/sites/phasmid-study-group.org/files/stickinsectspdf.pdf


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  • #7
    PirateShampoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,404 ✭✭✭PirateShampoo


    They don't exist here, if you release it, it will die.

    It couldn't of come from far away, ask a few neighbors who have kids if they are missing one.

    Other than that you have 2 options, keep it or give it to a pet shop who can rehome it.


  • #8
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    They do survive in the wild in South West Ireland.


  • #9
    Working class heroes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,972 ✭✭✭Working class heroes


    The greatest trick the stick insect ever pulled was convincing the world it doesn't exist(in Ireland).

    Racism is now hiding behind the cloak of Community activism.



  • #10
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    In the interests of zoology I stuck a tape measure beside it. 10cm long.

    By "it" I mean Sticky, actually not sure that's great either...


  • #11
    Working class heroes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,972 ✭✭✭Working class heroes


    Can a mod Sticky this thread please?

    Racism is now hiding behind the cloak of Community activism.



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  • #12
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,782 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    The very SW of Ireland grows plants that would not grow elsewhere as it does have a milder climate than the rest of the country.


  • #13
    Canis Lupus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,880 ✭✭✭Canis Lupus


    RobertKK wrote: »
    The very SW of Ireland grows plants that would not grow elsewhere as it does have a milder climate than the rest of the country.

    Milder? It never stops f*cking raining.


  • #14
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Aha, bingo. Apparently introduced into West Cork and South Kerry in Australasian trees brought in from Cornwall in the 1960s...

    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/oh-to-be-a-stick-insect-1.342399


  • #15
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,439 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    It's Christmas eve , Conor , you know what to do with it.


  • #16
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,782 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    Canis Lupus wrote: »
    Milder? It never stops f*cking raining.

    Exactly, it is not snow :P


  • #17
    Saipanne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,882 ✭✭✭Saipanne


    Canis Lupus wrote: »
    Milder? It never stops f*cking raining.

    Right. It is possible for somewhere to be both warmer and more humid/wet/precipitous?


  • #18
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    corner of hells wrote: »
    It's Christmas eve , Conor , you know what to do with it.

    I know I know...I lit that sucker and smoked it!

    Actually, reported it to the British Phasmid Study Group which keeps a record of sightings.

    I don't think I've had a Christmas Eve this exciting in 30 years. Mrs Poindexter was less interested.


  • #19
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,496 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    If I could link one, I would. After telling my wife it wouldn't climb up the doorstep, it moved off...and started climbing the wall...

    It told your wife it wouldn't climb up and she believed it?


  • #20
    monty_python
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,688 ✭✭✭monty_python


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Not as weird as I thought, they can exist here in the SW...

    http://phasmid-study-group.org/sites/phasmid-study-group.org/files/stickinsectspdf.pdf

    Very interesting read. Thanks for posting it


  • #21
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Canis Lupus wrote: »
    Milder? It never stops f*cking raining.

    Milder doesn't suggest drier in any way.


    "Ireland has a mild moist climate" 3rd class geography book.


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  • #22
    Canis Lupus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,880 ✭✭✭Canis Lupus


    Carl Tender Actress wrote: »
    Milder doesn't suggest drier in any way.


    "Ireland has a mild moist climate" 3rd class geography book.

    I was just being humorous. You can put your book away.


  • #23
    Mr_Muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 917 ✭✭✭Mr_Muffin


    I have seen many stick insects out in my garden. They just come and sit around on the patio for a few hours then disappear.


  • #24
    Laeot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭Laeot


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Just found a 3 inch long one on the doorstep. I didn't even know they existed here. Is it an escapee and should we do something or let it wander off?
    Someone's started the drinking early .. put it down ,it's just a stick..


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