My leaf eaters, phasmids and katydids

[Deroplatys]

Thought i'd do another stick insect thread, but i didnt want to not include my katydids and hoppers
My other threads.

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/sho...-stick-insect-pics-cause-you-cant-have-them-P

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?231241-Exotic-Phasmid-thread-II

Mearnsiana bullosa, got an adult pair which i have finally bred, got a number of 1st and 2nd instars now

Parectatosoma mocquerysi, one of my favorite phasmids of all time, after 2 unsuccessful attempts i finally bred them and got them to hatch. Over 90 have so far hatched with only 1 death

Phobaeticus magnus, only got two females.

Heteropteryx dialata, got 2 young pairs

Haaniella echinata, H.grayii, H.dehaani, and H.eringtoniae. Bred H.dehaani, on my first generation of large nymphs, got ova laid of all the rest

And now for the hoppers.

Costa Rican leaf katydid, Orophus tessellatus, this was my old adult pair, left me some ova which should be hatching within 2 months

Male.

Female.

Omura congrua, Toothpick grasshoppers. Same situation only the ova have hatched. I only got two nymphs though, if i manage to rear them to adult i'll get them some mates.

Adult male

Adult female

1st instar.

Malaysian katydids, Ancylecha fenestrata, my favorites of the lot. Again i had these before but i didnt get a 2nd generation out of them, hoping it'll be different this time round, got 14 nymphs, all shedding and eating a lot.

 

[MrCrackerpants]

Thanks for sharing. Very cool insects. I love the Ancylecha fenestrata.

 

[Travis K]

Thanks for sharing. Very cool insects. I love the Ancylecha fenestrata.

WOW, ditto that!

 

[Tenodera]

I am almost lightheaded now... Those are all beyond gorgeous.

 

[zonbonzovi]

Nice. A couple Q's about the katydids: do you experience much in the way of cannibalism and can you talk a bit about their captive diet?

 

[CarpeGecko]

Seriously cool bugs!! Thanks for sharing!

 

[RobynTRR]

Awesome stuff, terrific pics there!

 

[BiologicalJewels]

Deroplatys,

On your leaf katydids, may I ask about their captive diet?
I reared a native species earlier this year, but had them in separate containers, are these communal?

 

[Deroplatys]

They can turn cannabalistic on younger ones or newly moulted ones if the food plants left dry for too long. I keep mine communal though, and this time i have kept on top of the freshness, havent lost one so far. They are feeding on Hypericum for this species. Privet and bramble are often popular among other species.

 

[Deroplatys]

Had quite a lot of updates since the last photo's, not only that but i also went to an exhibition and got several very rare and nice species

Orthomeria sp. "Phillipenes"

Absolutely love this species, regret only getting just one adult pair. They behave like no other stick insect i've ever had, way more aware and alert, they move kinda like wasps, short scuttling bursts.
Reading online the adults dont really last too long, the female was already laying ova when i got her, got 3 now, hoping she leaves me plenty more. The males are stunning, cant wait to see the nymphs. Another weird thing are their wings, the under wings are normal but the top ones are practically gone.

Here's the male, annoying popped off a left for no apparent reason the other day.

And the chocolate like female

Dares philippinensis

Hermagoras cultratolobatus

Really glad i got these again, not sure if they dissappeared from the UK, couldnt find any anywhere, got some eggs in from over sea's though, 150, over 20 have hatched so far

Tisamenus serratorius

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[Marijan2]

Wow, this is one nice collection

 

[Deroplatys]

Thanks, cant wait to get some more photographs of them

 

[Deroplatys]

Toothpick grasshoppers and the Malaysian katydids have been getting bigger.

Omura congrua

Ancylecha fenestrata

 

[1Lord Of Ants1]

I truly wish this was a legal hobby here in the US.

As far as katydids go, how would one go about breeding a native species? I have some rather standard, 2 inch green ones that pop up in my citrus/mulberries everynow and then. I'd love to keep them and try and breed them a little. Standard diet? Breeding? Egg laying?

They'd make a good feeder for chams, but are also fun to watch.