Fresh bramble leaves to feed stick insects, we also supply fresh privet leaves and eucalyptus for stick insects to eat |Small-Life Supplies
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Which leaves stick insects eat... |
| Most species of stick insect eat bramble (blackberry)
leaves. Indian stick insects, Pink Winged stick insects, Thailand stick insects, Australian Macleays Spectre stick insects, New Guinea stick insects, Sabah stick insects, Guadeloupe stick insects, Vietnamese stick insects...and many more, all eat bramble (blackberry) leaves. You can grow your own bramble bushes outside in the UK, or gather bramble from overgrown or wooded areas, or purchase fresh cut bramble from us. |
The Peruvian Black Beauty stick insect eats privet
leaves. Caterpillars of the Indian Eri silkmoth eat privet leaves. You can gather your own privet from large hedges in the UK or purchase fresh cut privet from us. |
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 Bramble planted by a fence in the UK |
 Large privet hedge in the UK |
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courier deliveries before Christmas are 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th December
2023. Last local deliveries by our own vehicles are the following week. |
 Fresh Cut Bramble (3 sprigs) |
Fresh Cut
Bramble You receive three sprigs of Fresh Cut Bramble in a re-sealable wallet. Push the widest end of the stems into a Sprig Pot of cold tap water. Use what you need and place the remainder back in the wallet and store in the bottom of the fridge, where it will stay fresh for up to a week. Bramble (blackberry) leaves are eaten by most species of stick insects. However there are a few species that will not eat bramble leaves, so please contact us if you need to check that bramble will be suitable to feed to your stick insects. Mist the leaves daily with cold tap water, so the stick insects can drink from the water droplets on the leaves. Wallet of Fresh Cut Bramble is £11.04. |
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 Fresh Cut Mixed Leaves (3 sprigs) |
Fresh Cut Mixed
Leaves You receive three sprigs of Fresh Cut Mixed Leaves in a re-sealable wallet. Push the widest end of the stems into a Sprig Pot of cold tap water. Use what you need and place the remainder back in the wallet and store in the bottom of the fridge, where it will stay fresh for up to a week. Included are sprigs of: Bramble (blackberry) leaves, Eucalyptus leaves and Photinia leaves. This combination is ideal food for medium sized nymphs and adult Australian Macleays Spectre stick insects (Extatosoma tiaratum) . Please note that very young Australian Macleays Spectre stick insects (under two months old) do best if fed exclusively eucalyptus leaves. To find out more, watch our You Tube video (# 004 "Feeding Australian stick insects in the UK"). Australian Macleays Spectre stick insects require less water than other species of stick insect, so only lightly mist the leaves weekly with cold tap water, so the stick insects can drink from the water droplets on the leaves. Wallet of Fresh Cut Mixed Leaves is £11.04. |
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Sprig Pots The easy way to keep stems of foodplant fresh. Just fill with cold tap water and insert the sprigs of cut bramble or privet through the central hole. Plug any gaps with the cotton wool ball provided. Sprig Pots are made in Britain and are dishwasher safe. Sprig Pots are £4.20 each. Delivery and payment details are at the bottom of this page. |
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 Little Mister and Mister Swivel |
Misters Stick insects need to drink water but, for most species, it's important not to put a dish of water in the cage because the small stick insect nymphs could drop in and drown. So it is best to lightly mist the bramble leaves with water from a Mister. Ordinary cold tap water is good to use. Do this in the late afternoon or early evening because this is the time when most stick insects like a drink. Try not to get the actual stick insects wet, so direct the water spray at the leaves rather than the stick insects. We have pre-set the nozzles on all our Misters to emit a fine mist rather than a strong jet of water. Two designs are available: The Little Mister, especially suited for small children to use. Price £4.02 each. The Mister Swivel, a larger bottle with a directional green nozzle that you can swivel round. This is very useful because you can easily direct the spray downwards or sideways just by swivelling the nozzle. So it's great for easily spraying water onto the leaves in the ELC cages. Price £5.40 each. |
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| DELIVERY
prices All items are dispatched by courier. Please check the table opposite for the prices. We have been in business since 1985 and package everything carefully, so it arrives undamaged. Live arrival is guaranteed, also safe arrival of the goods. |
LARGE CAGES (ELC, TTQ, HLQ,
AUC) 1 - 2 cages delivery £9.96. 3 - 4 cages delivery £12.96. 5 - 6 cages delivery £15.96. LIVESTOCK (stick insects, eggs, caterpillars, snails) FREE delivery if ordered with a large cage, otherwise delivery is £9.96. SMALL ITEMS (HAP, Sprig Pot, Dishes, Misters, Sponge) FREE delivery if ordered with a large cage, otherwise delivery is £7.98. FLAT BOX ITEMS (Liners, books, wallets of fresh leaves) FREE delivery if ordered with a large cage, otherwise delivery is £4.98. |
| United Kingdom delivery: Please note that we deliver to addresses within mainland United Kingdom only, but there is a surcharge to these Scottish postcodes: AB, DD, IV, KW, PA, PH, so please phone us on 01733 913480 if you live in these postcodes because there is a delivery surcharge. |
| Payment Option # 1 | Phone Small-Life Supplies on 01733 913480
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| Payment Option # 2 | Email cindi@small-life.co.uk with details of what you'd like to buy, and your delivery postcode. We'll confirm the order by email and send you the PayPal invoice. |  |
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| Payment Option # 3 | Schools and companies can email cindi@small-life.co.uk and ask for a pro-forma invoice, including the VAT breakdown. Payment can then be made by BACS, CHAPS, EFT, PayPal or card. |  |
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| Payment Option # 4 | If you just want to buy one ELC cage and/or the "Keeping Stick
Insects" book, you can order securely on-line anytime at the British
selling platform numonday.com https://www.numonday.com/shop/small-life-supplies |
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