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Leaf Insect

Phyllium cf bonifacioi

Photo by AlbertKang
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Description:

Saw this 2 Leaf Insects, most likely Phyllium bonifacioi during night walks. Its quite a big size for Phylliums, around 7 cm for the Male (Pic#1). Pic#2 is a nymph from the same species, found on the same guava tree.
Phyllium bonifacioi was newly discovered by an expedition team comprising of researchers from USA and Philippines and was named in honor of Filipino revolutionary Andres Bonifacio. The species was recently described in December 2014.

Habitat:

Secondary forest, found on guava tree

Notes:

New Organism to Project Noah

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Comments (2)
AlbertKang
Thanks, @Lauren and yes, they are very nice creatures. They are very well camouflaged like leafs, I think next time, I have to make a point to take a picture of them also not from close-up but the general picture of them in their environment, that will give a better idea how well they blend in with their environment.

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