Pictures of Sites # 6

Tayabas > Quezon Province ---> South-East Luzon
# First picture shows landscape arround us on our way going more inside the hills side.
# Second picture shows our "targeted hill" in the background.
# third picture : Trail start.
# Fourth/Fifth and sixth pictures shows a "resting plaza" we found perfect for us to start our collecting night, about 1km or so inside the lower part of the said hill side. Approximate altitude at 500/550 m asl, approximate air temperature 24/25 degrees centigrade. Sky pristine, no clouds in sight and almost no wind at all.
Beautiful place we visited yesterday March 24th, 4 hours of collecting from 7pm (19:00) to 11pm (23:00). Just a few minutes in collecting and already signs of many phasmids activity in the area, a couple of minutes later already a couple of Asceles males, several mithrenes species in various stages. Going back to the main trail, collecting left and right sides of the tiny trail, beautiful stenobrimus bolivari, Eubulides sp, some Necrosia sp (muna??), clitumnus nematodes, sosibias and countless Rhamphosipyloidea philippa.....!
We had a wonderfull time on a perfect night ----> definitively a place to go back again and again and again ..... :))

ASYSTATA SP "QNP"

Beautiful species from Quezon National park (yet again !), I caught last end of November 2008, so toward the end of the raining season, nice black with 2 small white spots ! Next generation, now in early summer and surprise ---> color changed to grey and more widespread white patches, beautiful as well....! Species is feeding here on Annonaceae (Annona muricata) and accept Hypericum in Europe (cf. Joachim Bresseel / Belgium)