Thursday, September 18, 2008

Other Non-Filipino species I breed / have breed #5

EURYCNEMA GOLIATH

Origin > Australia
I breed them on > Guava ---> Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae)



Other Non-Filipino species I breed / have breed #4

PHAENOPHAROS KHAOYAIENSIS

Origin > Thailand
I breed them on > Guanabano (Tagalog) ----> Annona muricata (Annonaceae)
Parthenogenetic

Other Non-Filipino species I breed / have breed #3

EXTATOSOMA TIARATUM

Origin > Australia
I breed them on > Guava ---> Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae)
Parthenogenetic

Other Non-Filipino species I breed / have breed #2

DIAPHERODES GIGANTEA


Origin > Grenada island / West-Indies (Central America)
I breed them on > Guava ----> Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae)

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Other Non-Filipino species I breed / have breed #1

PARACALYNDA PICTA PICTA
Origin > Belize (Central America)
I breed them on > Guanabano (Tagalog) ---> Annona muricata (Annonaceae)










Thursday, September 4, 2008

RHAMPHOSIPYLOIDEA PHILIPPA



This specie is new to science and new to my breeding too ! Again like sp. gorkomi local foodplants are guava, avocado, etc.... In Europe likely to be Bramble, Raspberry, hypericum........

RHAMPHOSIPYLOIDEA GORKOMI


Very common specie, my breeding here origins from Central Luzon, local foodplants are many - I use Guava and avocado. In Europe this sp will feed on Bramble, Hypericum, Raspberry.....




Wednesday, September 3, 2008

SOSIBIA PARVIPENNIS



A medium/small specie common all over the Philippines, my breeding originating from West-Luzon. Both sexes are flying very well, eggs very small emerge quickly 6-7 weeks only. I'm breeding them locally on Guava, in Europe foodplants are Bramble and Hypericum.












PHARNACIA SP "Real"




Another huge size specie originating from South-East Luzon. Same foodplants as sp. ponderosa.






Tuesday, September 2, 2008

PHARNACIA PONDEROSA







Got those last July 2008 from wild caught parents from Panay Island. Beautiful specimens of huge sizes, females 200mm+ !
Local Foodplant is mango (mangifera), in Europe : Bramble-Oak-Rose.

Adult Male

Adult female






























































PHYLLIUM PHILIPPINICUS N. SP.

Male


Found that beautiful and very popular specie long time ago, exactly 8 years ago, by pure coincidence, wasn't looking for Phasmids at that time !!!!


Have breed it successfully since then in many generations. Local food plant in breeding is Guava, in Europe : Oak-Bramble.




Female
































SUNGAYA INEXPECTATA [lowland]




I discovered the previously unknown male of that specie last June 2008 on the West coast of Luzon.


Here for the FIRST TIME EVER the picture of the said male !


Easy breeding , locally, on Mango, guava, schefflera and many others. In Europe easy on Bramble and oak.




Here below 3 beautiful female variations found at the same site, interesting the first one (white patched) was found in the deeper forest , the second one (black one) was found very close to the sea shore and the third one (yellow banded) in an area in the middle of the previous two !!