고려엉겅퀴는 강원도에서 곤드레라는 음식 재료로 재배하는 작물이다. 고려엉겅퀴에 대한 정기적인 병해충 모니터링 중 우리대벌레의 국부적인 발생으로 인한 큰 피해를 발견하였고, 우리대벌레의 동정과 생태학적 특성을 보고한다. 본 조사는 2019년 5월 28일부터 동년 10월 1일까지 강원도 정선군에 있는 3곳의 고려엉겅퀴 재배지에서 실시하였다. 해당 포장에서 채집한 우리대벌레의 형태적, 분자 생물적 분석으로 대벌레과 (Phasmida) 계열의 Ramulus koreanus Kwon Ha et Lee로 동정하였다. 우리대벌레는 6월 11일부터 8월 22일까지 고려엉겅퀴 포장에서 발생하였으며, 7월 23일에 최대 발생 밀도를 보였다. Taylor‘s power law와 Greens index를 이용하여 공간분포를 분석한 결과 무작위로 분포하는 것 을 확인하였다. 우리대벌레의 고려엉겅퀴 일일 섭식량은 성충 기준 60.98 ± 4.35 cm2 였으며, 주요 기주식물은 가래나무와 아로니아였다. 우리 대벌레 발생 메커니즘과 우리대벌레가 농업과 산림 생태계에 미칠 수 있는 영향 및 농작물 피해를 줄이기 위해 그 방법을 추구할 것이다.

Baculum elongatum has a long, thin shape that resembles a twig, propagates by parthenogenesis, changes body color, and drops eggs, all of which suggests its potential in the commercial market, especially as an educational pet insect. This study was carried out to determine the best hatching environment and an alternative or artificial diet for rearing B. elongatum to be developed as a commercial and educational pet insect. Oviposition was performed by females without fertilization by the sperm of males. The oviposition period was 42.2 ± 22.7 days and the number of eggs per female was 109.5 ± 70.5 eggs. The hatch rate was 73.3% at 25°C and 66.7% after low temperature treatment (8°C for 60 days). In nature, B. elongatum overwinters as an egg, but it can be assumed from the results that cold temperatures were not required for hatching. The hatch rate was 98.2% in the treatment using floral foam, fermented sawdust, and leaves. Clover(Trifolium repens) was an excellent diet as it was similar to the host plant and could be used as an alternative diet. The rate of reaching adulthood for the insects was 66.7% on an artificial diet containing 25% acacia leaves. For sustainable mass rearing of nymphs or adults of B. elongatum, a natural diet could be used such as acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia), white oak (Quercus aliena), chestnut (Castanea crenata var. dulcis), and bush clover (Lespedeza bicolor), or an alternative diet such as clover or artificial diet. To rear nymphs and adults of B. elongatum, natural diet such as acacia, white oak, chestnut, or bush clover leaves, or an alternative diet such as clover or an artificial diet can be used.

Stick insect has several peculiarities like parthenogenesis, unique external features and dropping oviposition, so it is very hopeful to use for industrial insect. The oviposition was established by only female without fertilization with sperm of male which was not discovered during this study. The oviposition period was 37.3±14.9 days and the number of eggs per female was 41.5±16.5 eggs. The hatchability was 73.3% at 25℃and 66.7% after low temperature treatment(8℃, 60 days). The developmental periods and the length of egg were 100.9±4.2 days and 0.33±0.0cm, respectively, and the adult's life span was 49.7±16.0days. Differently other research which reported five nymph stage, the developmental stages of nymph showed five(62.9%) or six(37.1%) stages. The duration and the length of nymph increased according to the increase of nymph stage. Stick insect preferred the leaf of American locust, White oak, Chestnut, Bush clover in order but could be reared with food of the leaf of all these trees. Stick insects are herbivorus but made an attack each other when encountered in the small space. For sustaining mass rearing of stick insect, it is needed that the development of artificial diet and high density rearing method.