I don't collect or keep stick insects anymore but I still tremendously enjoy hiking around the jungle and look for them or any other kind of insects.

 

pictures	names	origins	comments
	Species #1 I call it darky :-) Nicolas' suggested: Prisomera sp. Frank Hennamann : Manduria halconensis Hennamann & Conle, 1997	Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines, 2,400 feet	Size: 6cm without legs The only one I have. Didn't eat the food plant I brought with me It fed on a plant locally called "Santan" and also guava. Darky is not with us anymore.
	species #2 suspected : Parahyrtacus gorkomi NEW detail shots	Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines, sea level up to 2400 feet	Size: female about 8.5 cm without legs. male : 6.5 to 7 cm without legs The a very widely distributed in Puerto Galera, Mindoro. The live on many different food plants form sealevel up to 2400 feet Often they can be found at the same places as species #3
	Utensil sinensis	Made in China	Size: Varies from establishment to establishment I couldn't find any indication with regards to their sex Initially hard to hold but it gets easier to keep with some experience Accepts any kind of food but prefers small bite size pieces.
	Species #3 Paul Brock has identified it as PSG 89 Sosibia parvipennis NEW detail shots partially finished	Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines, sea level up to 2,400 feet, on guava.	Size : male : 5.5 cm without legs female: 7 to 8 cm without legs They are laying on average 8 eggs a day They are very prolific. I can't get rid of them. Kristien is very successful with them in Belgium.
	Species #5 Because of its posture I call it zig Suggested: female Lonchodes sp. Frank Hennamann : Lonchodes mindanaense NEW detail shots	Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines, 2,400 feet in the jungle	Size:12 cm without legs It is my favoured. I found some more on another trip They vary vastly in coloration and patterns
	Pharnacia sp. may be P. ponderosa It was given to me by a friend. He is not sure what species it is. NEW detail shots partially finished	Luzon, Philippines	They are beautiful and very large. According to my friend who gave them to me, they used to be much larger when he caught them and that they have lost an inch per generation. I have only one left and a few eggs Many died during the rainy season.
	Species # 10 Nicolas' suggestion : Entoria victoria Francis Seow Choen : Entoria victoria NEW detail shots	Lamma Island Hong Kong	It started laying eggs almost immediately It clues about 8 eggs a day in between the terrarium and the cover I found one more on my last trip
	Species #11 Nicolas' suggestion: Prisomera Frank Hennamann : Lonchodes sp. (cf. nodulosus Brunner v.W., 1907) NEW detail shots	Panay Island, Philippines	My house hold helper brought those for me from her home town I have about a couple of dozen in various stages They are laying a lot of eggs They eat fern exclusively.
	species #12 Frank Hennamann : Winged form of species # 2 Parahyrtacus gorkomi Nicolas: Rhamphosipyloidea brevipennis Paul Brock: Sipyloidea philippa (Stal)	Bobon, Northern Samar, Philippines sealevel	Very similar to species #2 but has wings Lives on a wide variety of plants between jungle and beach.
	species #13 Frank Hennamann : Lonchodes sp. (perhaps new sp.) NEW detail shots	Bobon, Northern Samar, Philippines sealevel	Very beautiful stick Lives on a wide variety of plants in new growths jungle. I have about 34 pcs.
	species #14 Obriminae Frank Hennamann : Euobrimus atherura Rehn & Rehn, 1938s Paul Brock : Brasidas samarensis. Rehn & Rehn, 1938s NEW detail shots	Bobon, Northern Samar, Philippines sealevel	I found about 10 of those in different places. Lives on a wide variety of plants in new growths jungle. underneath big fruit trees.
	species #15 Frank Hennamann : Lonchodes mindanaenses NEW detail shots	Banga, South Cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines	This species comes from the garden of my office manager. Her son and mom caught 11 male and 3 female nymphs. They all died. I have only 50 eggs and now about 20 nymphs
	species #16 Nicolas: Lonchodini, maybe Carausius Just newly found	Mt. Makiling, Luzon, Philippines	Found those while hiking All in all I found 8 nymphs They all died in the first 5 days.
	Ophicrania vittipennis (Stal)	Mt. Makiling, Philippines, 2,000 feet elevation on the jungle floor	It walked right in front of me when I wasn't even looking for sticks.
	Unknown phasmid eggs	Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines, 2,400 feet elevation on the jungle floor	Sadly that egg and all my other ones succumbed in a vicious attack of a combined cockroach and ant army. They were 4.5 mm long