Metriophasma (Metriophasma) diocles "Chagres"

(by Bruno Kneubuehler)

a detailed care sheet will follow later on...

• from Chagres NP, Panama
• very easy to breed, if the food plants are available
• food plants
  • Epipremnum 
    very well accepted by nymphs and adults
  • most probably other Araceae are also accepted
• female ≈ 10 cm, males ≈ 8 cm
• males and females look very similar, just different in size
• both sexes open up their wings as a defense response when they feel threatened
• in both sexes, a blue-black spot is visible when they open up their wings during the defense response
• nymphs and adults like to hide out on thicker twigs, which should be included in the cage
• eggs are glued, but can easily be removed
• eggs can be reglued for incubation (GET method), though it is not absolutely necessary
• incubation (Cup-Incubation-method) about 2.5 - 3 months at 20 - 24 °C
• nymphs grow up very well in a cage with a moderate humidity
• their cage can be sprayed with (chlorine-free) water 2 - 3 times a week, make shure that the water dries up before you spray again