Tisamenus draconinus
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Tisamenus draconinus is a species of stick insect in the family Heteropterygidae endemic to the Philippine islanda of Luzon, Polillo and Leyte.
Tisamenus draconinus Cagayan pair
Differentiation of a) Tisamenus draconinus and b) Tisamenus napalaki based on the metapleural spines
Drawing from the 1848 species description by Westwood
Pair of the breeding stock from Cagayan
Tisamenus lachesis
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Tisamenus lachesis is a stick insect species, in the family of the Heteropterygidae endemic to the Philippine islands Luzon, Samar and Polillo.
Tisamenus draconinus
…millimetres (1.50 to 1.87 in) long and are not quite as variable in color. The triangle on the mesonotum typical of the genus is flat and ends, as in Tisamenus lachesis, with interposterior mesonotal spines. As in the very similar Tisamenus napalaki, the two front angles of the triangle end in compound spines that form…
Tisamenus lachesis pair
Even hatched nymph
Pair from Quezon National Park
Pair from the stock from Cunayan