Wednesday, February 03, 2010

just some leaves.......

Just kicking back photographing this nice caged jar of Holly Oak leaves......

phyllium giganteum

......wait a minute.......that leaf ain't no leaf!!

phyllium giganteum2

These are Phyllium giganteum, the giant leaf insect and possibly the coolest of all insects. I quite fancy trying to get a colony of Phyllium going this year but sadly this species is supposed to be quite difficult to culture. Others are easier though.

2 comments:

Tony Wildish said...

wow, that's an amazing insect.

Is there a second one in the top photo, on the left? It looks very similar to me.

tai haku said...

That is correct Tony, there are two in shot 1.