Mantid-less for once

[hierodula]

Wow the tiger beetle is stunning! Also, in the second to last pic is that an asian giant hornet? It looks HUGE :gun_bandana:

 

[Mime454]

Is that a mantis in the photo with the butterfly?

 

[yen_saw]

Wow the tiger beetle is stunning! Also, in the second to last pic is that an asian giant hornet? It looks HUGE :gun_bandana:

Yeah plenty of those tiger beetles there, amazing sight. Yup thats the giant hornet.

Is that a mantis in the photo with the butterfly?

Where? I don't see any mantis :huh:

 

[Mime454]

I cropped it, but now it's blurry.

 

[yen_saw]

I cropped it, but now it's blurry.

Ah i see... that's not mantis. I wasn't aware of that bug presence on this pic as i was focusing on the colorful butterfly and hornet.

 

[yen_saw]

Fast forward to collecting in Malaysia, mid-way to Cameron Highland.

Found a leech on my sock

and the result is....

 

[gripen]

Wow I love the lobata!

 

[yen_saw]

More pics

Lata Iskandar Falls

Giant pill milipede

 

[brancsikia339]

nice!! did u see any toxodera while you were there??

 

[angelofdeathzz]

Wow, Awesome photo's!!! That waterfall is beautiful, and would have been calling my name "please try to climb me" Haha...

What is that in pic 7 above the pink/purple phasmid?

 

[gripen]

Wow, Awesome photo's!!! That waterfall is beautiful, and would have been calling my name "please try to climb me" Haha...

What is that in pic 7 above the pink/purple phasmid?

Looks like rhombodera to me.

 

[angelofdeathzz]

Looks like rhombodera to me.

pic 7 above the pink/purple phasmid, not below.

 

[gripen]

Oh you mean the pink shield bug? Above that is a leafhopper.

 

[agent A]

i like the odontomantis and the statilia sp

 

[yen_saw]

nice!! did u see any toxodera while you were there??

yep An aboriginal lady catcher found one, i will show pic later.

Wow, Awesome photo's!!! That waterfall is beautiful, and would have been calling my name "please try to climb me" Haha...

What is that in pic 7 above the pink/purple phasmid?

Yeah it is nice. That area has become too commercialize, used to be able to see many insects there but now there are more tourists than bugs there are several waterfalls along to way to Cameron Highland. The pink insect is actually nymph of a true bug under Tessaratomidae family, it is called a stink bug in Malaysia.

i like the odontomantis and the statilia sp

The Statilia sp is actually a nymph of Euchomenella sp, likely heteroptera. You are right on for Odontomantis.

 

[hierodula]

Yeah Deroplatys!!! Those are awesome pics yen. I really want to stop by at malaysia on a trip to India.

 

[Mime454]

Are you trying to bring any ooths/specimens back to culture them?

 

[brancsikia339]

yep An aboriginal lady catcher found one, i will show pic later.

Did u bring it home?! They are just incredible

 

[happy1892]

What species of Deroplatys is that nymph in the picture?

 

[hierodula]

Did u bring it home?! They are just incredible

Ikr! Although I have heard that people that tried to breed them before have failed. They are VERY difficult, and I think its because of the altitude and a need for a specific atmospheric pressure that they need.