MITHRENES SP. Banaue

 Found many Mithrenes in the past years since I started collecting, but this one is "special". Found it at high altitude above 1500masl. He's particularity ? it is only half the size of all other Mithrenes species i found before and even Mithrenes sp Ilanin which is the smallest so far is still big compared to this one.. :) UNfortunately I failed to culture it, eggs never emerged.....probably a problem with the lowland temperatures here....definitively wanna find species again and try culture it again.

PERIPHETES SP Marinfanta

 Found that beautiful species for the first time in late 2011 at Marinfanta road km95 and then again in the summer of 2012 at the same location. However each time only males :( female still at large and unknown.......one more reason to go back there again and again :)

MICROPHYLLIUM PUSSILULLUM

 Found that fantastic and extremely rare species in October 2010 on top of a mountain at 1600masl exactly in dense fog and very cold weather in Central Luzon. This species is so rare the specimen here featured in the paratype of it (in the private collection of Joachim Bresseel). The holotype was found in the same area more than 70 years ago...... Eggs were UNKNOWN, featured here for the very first time EVER !!!!

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BRASIDAS SP. Rapu Rapu

Rapu Rapu Island > Albay province > Bicol > South Luzon
The very latest Obrimini I found about 2 months ago on a very tiny island lost in the Pacific ocean. A large species, even larger than the previous featured Brasidas lacerta? and probably the largest Obrimini known to science so far :))
Some difficulties to find a suitable foodplant, they eat Guava but only as last resort and never in large quantity as they should, very little of Mango and some Aracea (but only the stems and not the leaves strangely enough). That problem resulted in the premature death of 3 of the 4 pairs I collected :( Fortunately the last pair is still alive and feed on a guava/Aracea mix and I was able to collect a large number of eggs already. Hopefully the hatchlings will accept guava better than their parents and establish themselves on that foodplant. No hurry thought.....Brasidas eggs are due to hatch only after a 7-8 months incubation..........

Other Non-Filipino species I breed/have breed #16

PHYLLIUM JACOBSONI > Java Island > Indonesia
Nice small leaf-insect i'm breeding for about a year and a half. Quite easy and good loocking species I recommend to everyone. Here it feeds without problems on Guava.
Thanks to Oskar and Alain.

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EOBRIMUS LACERTA?

Mount Pulog > Sorsogon > South Luzon
So far the largest Obrimini I found with 110-120mm for the female and pretty heavy too.......
Beautiful species feeding here on mango mainly, but they too accept some guava.
May be because of their large size also, the eggs incubation is also the longest of all Obriminis so far with 7 months.

Other Non-Filipino species I breed/have breed #15

ACHRIOPTERA FALLAX > Madagascar Island
What can I say about this species......the look, the colors.....everything is just awesome !! Attempted twice to breed it, unsuccessfully ! This time I was able to make it, but just, 3 males and a single female.
They mainly feed on Guava but accept from time to time some mango as well, just a light water spraying once a day, they apparently like some heat and dry surroundings.
Can't wait to (try) breed other Achrioptera species :))
[Thanks Bruno]

Other Non-Filipino species I breed/have breed #14

CRANIDIUM GIBBOSUM >FRENCH GUYANA
A one of a kind species, not really a "stick" insect and not a "leaf" insect......more like a combination of the two !! A difficult species to breed with high mortality among the hatchlings, L1 and L2, apparently after those stages the species settles down and is easier to breed. Here in tropical country they accepted to feed mostly on Mango (Magifera) but they do accept from time to time some guava and some schefflera.[Thanks Bruno]