Incredible Insects - spiny leaf insects Canberra

This is an example of what females looks like at each stage (after a moult).They start life smaller than a 5c coin and can grow as big as 20cm as a fully grown adult. The females can also outlive the males by a full year.

This is a teen male (you can tell by his straighter bump free tail) who just moulted within the last 5 minutes. He will regain his strength for a little bit and then will consume his moult or exoskeleton. Weird I know!

Managed to capture a teen male moulting this morning. This is most likely his third moult meaning he still has a couple more before he becomes a full grown male. The girls go through 6 moults, while the boys will moult 5 times.