Phyllium gantungense "Rizal"

(by Bruno Kneubuehler)

• first CB culture by Bruno Kneubühler (CH) in 2016
• please also read our notes on successfully breeding Phyllium
• provenience: area for Rizal (Palawan, Philippines)
• females ≈ 9 - 9 cm
• males ≈ 5.5 - 6 cm
• all males and females were green
• incubation is about 4 - 5 months at 20 - 25°C
• their defensive spray smells lemon-like
• this is a very "clingy" species, especially adult females cling very strongly when ones tries to pick them up from a branch or wall
• the peculiar eggs (≈ 4 mm long) have just a few sparse long fringes
• this an easy-to-breed and very nice Phyllium species, which is quite prone to "cannibalism"