tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821154437036673351.post7736788861071396242..comments2023-09-27T15:48:40.854+00:00Comments on My Small Cornish Garden: Interesting visitors or regular inhabitants?Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091179426025443924noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821154437036673351.post-47780388679504413752009-07-22T04:59:48.037+00:002009-07-22T04:59:48.037+00:00They came from New Zealand on plant stock imported...They came from New Zealand on plant stock imported from there ...Colonising the south west of England ... Interesting aren't they :O) Here in NZ we have a number of different speciies ..some green some brown ... <br /><br />http://www.buglife.org.uk/discoverbugs/bugofthemonth/stickinsects.htm<br /><br />Ddinziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15852756851793074290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821154437036673351.post-31580659510659123352009-07-13T17:05:29.717+00:002009-07-13T17:05:29.717+00:00I know it is exciting really but stick insects hav...I know it is exciting really but stick insects have always given me the creeps so I hope they can't colonise up here in Surrey.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12905137222286141548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821154437036673351.post-27236974288811179522009-07-13T13:35:32.517+00:002009-07-13T13:35:32.517+00:00Liz I love the idea of the eggs 'pinging' ...Liz I love the idea of the eggs 'pinging' out over the garden! Thanks for the good laugh!<br />Helen we do have a fir tree of sorts right where they are usually found. Perhaps I should have been putting them on that and not on the Wegela!<br />Jo I think the answer is the fir tree thanks to Helen's comment. The thing is do they eat bad bugs? <br />ValValhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11091179426025443924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821154437036673351.post-23825040894129987772009-07-12T20:45:30.450+00:002009-07-12T20:45:30.450+00:00I didn't realise that stick insects would surv...I didn't realise that stick insects would survive on their own outdoors in the UK. They seem to like your garden though, so they must enjoy the plants which you grow.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821154437036673351.post-80249953473306659782009-07-12T19:15:04.604+00:002009-07-12T19:15:04.604+00:00I read a couple of years ago that they were coloni...I read a couple of years ago that they were colonising in thr S.West and seemed to like conifersHelen/patientgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02164036792673009326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821154437036673351.post-43101880093887197222009-07-12T17:11:04.143+00:002009-07-12T17:11:04.143+00:00Wow, crazy! I can't believe they're surviv...Wow, crazy! I can't believe they're surviving! I wonder what type they are? Ones I had as a child were brown rather than green and ate privet so I can well imagine they can survive in the UK - just wouldn't have expected they could survive the winter. So perhaps it's a case of them dying off but the eggs hatch in the spring/summer and this is why you're seeing only youngsters so far??<br /><br />They're mainly all female and can reproduce without a male, they lay eggs or rather they 'ping' out and shoot around the place and look rather like seeds!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640322232670777125noreply@blogger.com