The Great Pretenders
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This document provides contact information for the Entomology Department at the Natural History Museum and links to learn more about their Nature Live events, science research, and phasmids. It also lists Cain Cameron Eyre and Michael Barritt as contacts.
The Great Pretenders
- 1. The Great Pretenders With Ed Baker Entomology Department For more information visit: www.nhm.ac.uk/naturelive
- 3. www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation for more information about our science www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-live for more information about future and past Nature Live events
- 17. Thanks to Rob Lind and The Phasmid Study Group http://phasmid-study-group.org
- 24. Michael Barritt
Editor's Notes
- #5: Typical stick insect Ed’s picture in costa rica, its not an adult, it’s a nymph so is hard to identify, looks like a male. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phasmatodea The Phasmatodea (sometimes called Phasmida ) are an order of insects , whose members are variously known as stick insects (in Europe and Australasia ), walking sticks or stick-bugs (in the United States ), phasmids , ghost insects and leaf insects (generally the family Phylliidae ). The ordinal name is derived from the Ancient Greek phasma , meaning an apparition or phantom, and refers to the resemblance of many species to sticks or leaves. Their natural camouflage can make them extremely difficult to spot.
- #6: Typical stick insect Ed’s picture in costa rica, its not an adult, it’s a nymph so is hard to identify, looks like a male.
- #9: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LeafInsect.jpg Leaf insect Phyllium sp. (Identification: thanks to Doug Yanega) I would say Phyllium bioculatum -- Sarefo 12:00, 4 March 2008 (UTC) Photo by Sandilya Theuerkauf, Wynaad
- #10: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phyllium_giganteum_-_Baby.jpg even eclosed Giant Malaysian Leaf Insect (Phyllium giganteum) Drägüs
- #11: They are related to gross hopers Photo by Ed Not technically a grasshopper but certainly Orthoptera - the sister group to phasmids.
- #13: http://phasmid-study-group.org/category/Image-Galleries/64 31/10/2007 - Ed Baker 'Rainforest' vivarium This was a (successful) experimental design for rearing Aretaon sperrimus, and a variety of cockroach, beetle and millipede species. Makes a good display, but requires a fair amount of maintenance!
- #14: Costa rica blue lagoon
- #15: Costa rica
- #18: Phasmid = gost, aparition in greek, because they are hard to see
- #20: Left, male female pair
- #23: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phasmatiidaeunid.JPG Phasmatidae Ex Coll. Museum Wiesbaden Date 17 March 2009) Source Own work Author Notafly http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Insect_Safari_-_insect_21.jpg Unidentified Phasmatodea. Part of Don Ehlen's "Insect Safari" collection. Photo by Joe Mabel http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Insect_Safari_-_lepidopteran_003.jpg Photo by Joe Mabel
- #24: Being eaten by a spider
- #26: Ed’s picture in costa rica
- #28: small
- #29: Small
- #30: Baby
- #32: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_Leaf_Insect,_portrait.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/41096997@N00/288231870/ Australian Leaf Insect, portrait These leaf insects always look as though their head is on backwards. The mouth parts are near its arms by its antennae. Genus, species:Extatosoma tiaratum
- #35: 47m or 42mya