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Species # 2 and Species
# 12 in comparison
These are two different species
I found on two different Islands.
What is really interesting is that they seemed to be very similar.
They look almost identical, their eggs look the same and basically
everything else.
Except, that in species #12 both male and female have wings whereas
in species # 2 neither has wings.
I am not a scientist and there are probably vast differences when
looked at with a scientific eye.
As soon as I have a dead specimen I will send them to someone who
can study them further. |
| Species # 2 |
specs |
Species # 12 |
specs |
| Size male: |
7 to 8 cm without legs |
Size male: |
7 to 8 cm without legs |
| Size female: |
11 to 12 cm without legs |
Size female: |
11 cm without legs |
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sharply pointed after |
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sharply pointed after |
| Difference |
no wings |
Difference |
wings on male and female |
| Size eggs: |
3 mm |
Size eggs: |
2.5 mm |
| Origin : |
Mindoro, Philippines,
sealevel, up to 2000 feet |
Origin : |
Bobon, Northern Samar,
Philippines, sealevel |
| Food plants: |
Guava and basically anything else
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Food plants: |
Guava and basically anything else
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| Time Incubation: |
3 to 4 months |
Time Incubation: |
? |
| Time nymphs: |
2 months male, 3 months female
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Time nymphs: |
? |
| Time adult: |
4 to 5 months |
Time adult: |
? |
| Comments |
The female lays about
4 to 8 eggs at a time, but not every day.
They like to stick their eggs into styrofoam
at the bottom of the cage
They average about one egg a day
One sees them rarely mating
I have about 30 nymphs and adults
The female secret some kind of
nylon like string. (see picture below)
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Comments |
The female lays about
4 to 8 eggs at a time, but not every day.
They like to stick their eggs into styrofoam
on the side of the cage
They average about one egg a day
One sees them rarely mating
I have about 16 nymphs and adults
The female secret some kind of
nylon like string. (see picture below)
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left, a yellow form of species #12 and right a green version of species
#2.
Both species come in a variety of colors.
species #2 female
species # 12 female
species #2 male
species # 12 male
eggs of species # 12
eggs of species # 2
The scans are not very good. Their eggs are actually
almost the same size and exactly the same color.
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