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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]

TRACHYARETAON SP "AURORA"

Ditumabo falls / Cunayan falls > Aurora province > North-East Luzon
The first species of that genus I post to my blog, more coming up in a few weeks or so :))
Beautiful and quite large Obrimini, especially the female, she is strong build with strong cloth grip.
Breeding is very easy going and quite fast growing, here they feed nicely on Mango. [Thanks Rob and Joachim]

OPHICRANIA SP "NEGROS"

Negros island > Visayas > Central Philippines
Another beautiful species from this genus, the 3rd posted here. This one feeding on various palms > I successfully breed them using 2 very common palm species - Areca, which can be given directly to them, leave very thin and easy to bite, however using only the softest new ones for hatchlings and L1-L2 - Adonidia, leaves harder shall be used for later stages L3 and up and always cut the very hard leaves edges with a sharp scisor.
Species is producing a very small number of eggs but seems to have a longer life span.
[Thanks Bruno]