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meadow sweet (Filipendula) is no suitable food plant for Agathemera luteola "Capilla del Monte". Most of the nymphs die after some time, many of them even before their first moult. So for the moment Rhus and Cotinus are the only suitable food plants for Agathemera luteola "Capilla del Monte" here in Europe. More food plant tests are needed, and see the care sheet for detailed infos on breeding this remarkable species.

Joachim and Jerome have also published an animated 3D view of a Baculomia pumatensis egg. This offers a phenomenally detailed view of the whole egg morphology. It's to be hoped, that this will become standard quickly

just recently, Joachim and Jerome have describe the new taxon Baculomia, which also includes two new species from Vietnam. And it seems as if one of those new species is a sugar cane feeder!

a very comprehensive and interesting study about the attachement pads in Phasmatodea by Thies Büscher:

https://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/detail/isbn/9783510550517/Zoologica_Vol_164__noch_nicht_erschi?fbclid=IwAR0K3NxF1tVjMrLkV_uUPwt037u5oXOZn0T6GU2Vu0m6DTw7ylQyd7pGztg

detailed care sheet with many photos and interesting infos about Autolyca herculeana "Tegucigalpa"

detailed care sheet with photos and full of interesting infos about the first ever Agathemera culture in Europe (Agathemera luteola "Capilla del Monte")

detailed care sheet with many photos and demystifying, interesting infos about the sublime Trychopeplus laciniatus "Monteverde"

The panel for the 6th J.O. Westwood Medal for Excellence in Insect Taxonomy selected the monograph Revision of the Oriental subfamily Heteropteryginae Kirby, 1986, with a re-arrangement of the family Heteropterygidae and the descriptions of five news species of Haaniella Kirby, 1904. (Phasmatodea: Areolatae: Heteropterygidae) Zootaxa 4159: 1-219.
CONGRATULATIONS TO Frank Hennemann; Oskar Conle; Paul D. Brock & Dr Francis Seow-Choen

An extensive paper on the taxonomy of the Heteropterygidae genus Orestes Redtenbacher, 1906 (Dataminae) has been published in the "Belgian Journal of Entomology". The generic description of Orestes is slightly improved and the distinction from the closely related Pylaemenes Stal, 1875 is precised. The cephalic armature and its use for the distinction of species within Orestes is discussed and a key is presented to distinguish the species of Orestes from Vietnam and Cambodia.