Cameron Highlands/Tapah Hills

[yen_saw]

Yeah bro, they'd usually just keep a lookout at normal road lights, I'm not sure if they're fluorescent though, but we have the same kind here in Singapore. Move back to Malaysia Yen, it'll be easier for me to visit you then and we can go mantis hunting like every month or so.

hmmm.... need to ask my boss if the Malaysia branch has any long term project assignment for me

 

[sufistic]

Went for a short trip over the weekend.

Highest point at Cameron Highlands approx. 6561ft:

Found lots of this Amantis sp. at approx. 4000ft above sea level.

Gonna be breeding them:

Went collecting at our usual spot 2000ft above sea level at Tapah Hills.

Resting area deep in the forest:

My wife found this at the resting area:

Continued below...

 

[sufistic]

Continuation of above post...

Give me the rainforests over the Singapore concrete jungle anytime!

Orang Asli:

Caliris elegans:

My wife spotted two Deroplatys sp. mantids:

My brother (khabirun):

And me:

 

[Katnapper]

Enjoyed the photos! Do you know what species it is that mantis your wife found at the resting spot? Gorgeous!!

 

[khabirun]

That's Deroplatys trigonodera, of all the Deroplatys species, she just had to spot that one lol...

 

[sufistic]

Yeah Becky, it's a female subadult D. trigonodera. One of the rarer Deroplatys sp.. I still don't get how she spotted it.

 

[mantisfart2]

Great pics mate, first time i have seen a D trigonodera thanks for posting them.

 

[Christian]

Hi.

The first green ones is not Amantis, but some Iridopteryginae, Hapalopeza or something related. The D. trigonodera has an interesting color pattern. I wish the captive ones would be like this, too...

 

[revmdn]

Great photos. Your brother looks like he's not having fun. :yawn:

 

[sufistic]

Hi.

The first green ones is not Amantis, but some Iridopteryginae, Hapalopeza or something related. The D. trigonodera has an interesting color pattern. I wish the captive ones would be like this, too...

Interesting Christian. I'm actually not really sure what species this is but the structure of the head looks similar to Amantis sp. Also an ooth one of the females just laid looks very similar to Amantis sp. ootheca. Here's a photo of the ooth:

Great photos. Your brother looks like he's not having fun. :yawn:

LOL yeah, he was very tired and irritated by the fact that he spotted more stick insects than mantids.