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Post by bichos on Dec 7, 2012 21:02:49 GMT -8
So the first female Phyllium monteithi emerged in captivity a few days ago...  A breeder got it through in Cairns, Australia. After failing to raise them on guava she tried a native species of Lilly pilli tree and... Attachments:
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Post by lucanidae25 on Dec 12, 2012 2:28:22 GMT -8
I can't believe someone finially has done it. It looks so much like Phyllium tobeloense from Halmanhera.  |
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Post by bichos on Dec 12, 2012 3:18:51 GMT -8
You'd better believe it.
Do you have an image of the Halmahera species?
Apparently this Aussie species has a different lineage to the Oriental Phyllium, so I'm told...
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Post by lucanidae25 on Dec 13, 2012 2:56:30 GMT -8
Here's a pic of Phyllium tobeloense from Halmanhera. Attachments:
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Post by jackblack on Dec 31, 2012 15:29:57 GMT -8
a number of people have them.
I have 3 males and two females .
They have been around some time.
People classify them as rare but they are much more common than other species of Phasmids , just rarely collected.
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Post by bichos on Mar 19, 2013 1:50:35 GMT -8
I just found some eggs of Phyllium monteithi probaly one of the rarest of all the Phylidae. Now to rear them will be the other thing. Ok so they are not rare then. But they are nice. |
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Post by jackblack on Mar 22, 2013 19:58:56 GMT -8
yes they are nice.
Some people are asking ridiculous prices for live specimens in Australia , like $150 each.
Another guy is advertising them at $70 but has none for sale yet.
Anyone interested in this species should hold off buying at a ridiculous price like this as very soon they will be around in numbers
So will be as cheap as chips then.
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Post by bichos on Aug 25, 2013 18:54:15 GMT -8
and how about this Phyllium from mindanao...  |
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