Heteropteryx dilatata(female) - Holy Moly!

[JC]

Lookie what I found.


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[JC]

Bug is not mine.(Was referring to video clip. LOL)

 

[MrsWTownsend]

Whoa!!!!!!!! That is very intriguing!!!!!! Cool vid, thanks for sharing it!

 

[Terry D]

Cool

JC, Now that's a friggin monster! I wonder if these are normally available in the hobby?

 

[GK.]

I want one!

 

[Deroplatys]

Lol thats me Dutch buddy Roderick
Yeah they are commonly available, outside the USA
Here's my old girl a couple of years ago.

 

[cacoseraph]

pretty sure they are not legal in US hobby


also pretty sure i got to mysteriously play with one on one of my bug adventures. do they clack those back leg thorns together to try to get you?


edit: wait. the thing i remember had what i seem to recall as at least one big wicked thorn on their last leg. sexual dimorpho or am i confused? it seemed to look quite similar

 

[Deroplatys]

That would be Eurycantha calcarata