PHYLLIUM ERICORIAI N.SP.

My second Phylliun discovery after PSG278 I found 10 years ago in Ilanin forest. This one I found in the same location as the previous species (orthomeria sp). Nearly going back home and close to the parked car, took a last check on a cut guava tree that was growing again from the soil in a mess of mixed plants and climbers > lifted a small branch and there they were, 5 small nymphs underneath those leaves protecting themselves from the rain !!!! I was just stunned and could'nt believe it !!! Same species was already found in the island of Marinduque, south-Luzon, only a few months before I found those....!

ORTHOMERIA SP (Pandora?)

Here yet another fantastic species I found a few weeks ago in Real / Quezon province, East-Luzon. Small species, male 40/50mm - female 70/80mm, male is a very good flyer and can fly for quite a long distance ! The "thing" with that species is its extreme attitude > highly nervous, almost epilleptic, drops on the floor and run/thumbles franticly !!!! It takes some habitude to be able to handle them without having a nervous breakdown :)) Pictures 2 and 3 are the nymphs stages of the male, quite extraordinary how each stage looks sooo different for the previous one, isn't it ? According to Bruno (kneubuhler) that had a one time breeding try of that genus, they accepted Pyracantha as foodplant in Europe.