idolos phasmid gallery

[idolomantis]

we are getting started...

lets begin with eurycantha calcarata!

next up is extatosoma tiaratum!

ok that was just one part <_<

heres more

from the front:

 

[idolomantis]

W3 W@nt M0r3 !!!!!

heteropteryx dilatata:

male colse up

male playing dead

young male

young females

 

[MANTIS DUDE]

W3 W@nt M0r3 !!!!!heteropteryx dilatata:

male colse up

male playing dead

young male

young females

Wow I think that spieses might live in florida!

 

[acerbity]

Wow I think that spieses might live in florida!

I dont think so...

 

[idolomantis]

Wow I think that spieses might live in florida!

no, it lives in malaysia.

the only phasmid that lives in florida is anisomorpha bubrestoides, but watch out, they shoot with chemicals on your eyes.

 

[ABbuggin]

Nice phasmids, I work with all of those (and a few others) at the museum I work at.

 

[idolomantis]

Nice phasmids, I work with all of those (and a few others) at the museum I work at.

gimme the site of that museum, O_O

 

[idolomantis]

heres more

more heteropteryx ( yes this is my fave spp )

male

adult male:

got my hand full of them...

eurycantha leg spike, they can drill in your finger

(this one was dead and dry. he lost his leg in his last shed)

eurycantha male compared to my old nokia 1600

 

[MANTIS DUDE]

no, it lives in malaysia.the only phasmid that lives in florida is anisomorpha bubrestoides, but watch out, they shoot with chemicals on your eyes.

Oh I just thought mabey, because my mom saw them as a kid lol.

 

[idolomantis]

and more....

heres my first good pic of phobaetices serratipes( hard to shoot them cuz they wont stop moving <_<

an S. sypilus shedding:

C. morosus shedding:

morosus being a stick

neohirasea maerens nymph:

busted this lil guy in a cricket tube ( ok not a phasmid but its still in the same enclosure...)

oh and please, dont copy al the pics in a reply <_<

 

[idolomantis]

now this is one lucky shot