Phyllium tobeloense "Galela" Update

Here's a quick update on my Phyllium tobeloense "Galela."

These nymphs are all doing well and are surprisingly easy to care for. When seeing their "exotic" appearance one expects them to be difficult to keep, but they are very easy.

Here's a nice female

And this is the male. Note the difference in body shape; females are more rounded while males are spear-shaped.

Hope you enjoyed they pictures.

Haaniella dehaani First Adult Female

Hi All

I have had some male H. dehaani for quite some time. Males of most species grow faster than females so you end up with a bunch of adult males, impatiently waiting for females to mature.

A few weeks back my first female matured and the males couldnt wait to mount her ;) I thought they would wait a few weeks, but the males were almost straight onto her.

Here she is. I have a few other sub-adult females due to reach adult soon. Now it's AGAIN a matter of waiting for the eggs

Xenophasmina simile "Chiang Mai" Eggs Arrival

Hi to my few readers ;)

Since adding the ClustrMap on the right of the page I have been very interested in the amount of people checking my blog as well as the locations of all. Thank you all for the support! Although I am still waiting for a few comments.

I obtained some ova of X. simile "Chiang Mai" a few months back and have really enjoyed watching this species grow. The nymphs are probably one of the more interesting ones to observe. I have really enjoyed my time raising these.

A few days back I started gettnig my first ova and since then the females have been dropping a bunch of ova daily; a very prolific species!

Here is my favourite female; her colour and pattern is quite unique.

And here is a picture of the ova. They have a very interesting shape and I best no one, human or predator, would ever notice them on the ground.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures.