My experience collecting in Hong Kong and Malaysia

[worldofmantis]

.. now i really want to go, how did u get the mantid to go back home with you? im assuming u took a airplane there? did u ship them back to your house?

 

[mantidian]

bext time you go to malaysia, tell me!!! I live just next door.

 

[yen_saw]

Now your trip is starting to look incredibly awesome!!!! Take me with you next time.

Sadly that's about the time I got for mantis hunting. Let me know when you go to HK next time Calvin. at least you don't have to fly extra 4 hours like me to LAX/SFO, and that doesn't include the transite time bummer!

I need to go back to Malaysia for some bug hunting!!!!

Chun, you should!!!

Wow, i'd be just like a kid in a candy store!

... I am a kid too. a big kid

Yep I live an hour south away from Cancun, I dont have a butterfly thingy but Im sure I could find one and then go to some junglish area it would be awesome if you guys come or at least visit for some days

Wow..... skip the mantis i am going to Cancun :lol:

.. now i really want to go, how did u get the mantid to go back home with you? im assuming u took a airplane there? did u ship them back to your house?

Hmmm... I am going to just say all mantis brought back from Asia made it alright to US soil. Let it be L1 nymph or adult. but not via ship. Sorry that's all i can say.

bext time you go to malaysia, tell me!!! I live just next door.

I did, didn't I?

Here are the dead specimen Michael has been keeping it for the past few months for me..... A big thank to him, now i need to find a way and start a pinning collection for mantis.

Bark mantis-adult male, theopompa sp most likely

Bark mantis-adult female

looks like a subadult female

Load of dead leaf mantis, here a few of them

More to come....

 

[Christian]

The first one is a Humbertiella male, the other bark mantids are Theopompa, though. The dead leaves don't need an ID, I think...

 

[yen_saw]

Edit: got the species name!

Move on with more dead one.

The long neck mantis (Euchomenella sp)

Lagre green mantis (Hierodula sp maybe)

A small mantis, could be Tropidomantis sp

The Malaysia unicorn mantis.... I had three specimens, this is one of it

 

[Christian]

Euchomenella heteroptera

Camelomantis sp.

Can't tell that one from pics

Tropidomantis sp.

Ceratocrania macra.

 

[pohchunyee]

Nice......... I am planning to go back to Malaysia this Christmas... fingers cross i won't get quarantine for a week...LOL.. I think I might take a trip to Cameron Highland!

 

[yen_saw]

Nice......... I am planning to go back to Malaysia this Christmas... fingers cross i won't get quarantine for a week...LOL.. I think I might take a trip to Cameron Highland!

There is a small chance I may return this Christmas depending on my youngest sister's wedding plan. If she decided to have it in Malaysia (she's currently residing in UK) and my current project stage completed before Xmas we could meet up.

 

[Katnapper]

Wow. Again. :blink:

 

[pohchunyee]

We can definately meet up... lets keep in touch!

 

[Pelle]

Very nice photo's! Looks like you had a great vacation

 

[gadunka888]

bext time you go to malaysia, tell me!!! I live just next door.

me too! and visit singapore as well! :lol:

 

[yen_saw]

Yes keep in touch Chun. Thanks Pim, it was a great trip, too bad it is over, time flies when you have fun right :lol: Hope to visit Singapore next time too, it has been a while since I last this beautiful country.

More dead specimen....

This one has nice metallic hind wing.

This one is wingless.... but her hind wing pattern looks cool

Another small unknown species

There were always tons of dead specimen of other insects. Mr Yeh doesn't seems to care if they rot....

Large Chalcasoma

Huge cicada, which Michael broke it later showing us the body parts... what a waste! He doesn't care at all...

Another nice looking cicada

He also mentioned this one is poisonous

I thank him for a nice specimen lesson and starting my trip back to my home town 180 km away, time to pack my mantis. My next trip is back to Hong kong, so the mantis fly with me

 

[revmdn]

They have some big bugs over there, huh?

 

[pohchunyee]

Yeah, we have extremely huge bugs back home. I seen an ant the size of my pinkie. Stick mantis almost my arm length.... LOL

 

[yen_saw]

oh i left out this nice species, i believed it is a Ceratomantis sp.

Yup with dense tropical jungle there mean to be huge bugs. But i can see deforestation eating up lot of natural habitat. Cameron Highlands is one good example, plenty of commercial hotels nowadays.

 

[revmdn]

I like that last one a lot. Someone should get that one in the hobby soon.

 

[Morpheus uk]

So what mantids are you going to try and get in culture from all th ones you found?

 

[Katnapper]

I love the hind wing pictures... both the metallic and the other headless one! And the cidadas... :blink: Wow... that one is huge!! It's a shame Mr. Yeh does not take better care with the specimens!

 

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[SIZE=14pt]Yen your pics are just to cool, it looks like you had a time.[/SIZE]