Selling 10 pcs Phyllium (Pulchriphyllium) giganteum phartenogenetic eggs, Giant leaf insect Phasmatidae 10 pcs
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Species details:
Decription from https://phasmatodea.com/phyllium-pulchriphyllium-giganteum-tapah-hills

Females

• 10 - 11 cm
• most females are green, few can also be yellow

Males

• 8 cm
• green when freshly adult, but they turn yellow when getting older (usually after about 3 - 4 weeks)
• males live for 2 - 3 months, when kept humid (80+% rH)

Food Plants

• bramble (Rubus spp.)
  well accepted by nymphs and adults

Breeding, Behaviour

• active mainly during the night
• eggs just drop to the ground
• about 7 eggs per female and week
• incubation (cup-incubation method on slightly damp sand) about 6 - 8 months at 20 - 23 °C
• eggs of this species are quite prone to get mouldy. In my experience a thin mould layer does not affect the hatching ratio negatively. And one can use springtails to avoid mould during incubation
• nymphs hatch after dawn, during the early morning hours
• a humidity of about 60 - 70 % rH seems to be good enough for the growing-up nymph
• the Free-Standing-Setup is very much recommened for small nymphs
• one can spray them regularly with chlorine-free water, but the water should dry up before spraying again
• rather easy to breed in my experience, but other breeders report a lot of problems with this species
• most cultures of Ph. giganteum are parthenogenetic for a long time