SPECIAL EDITION
The Great Pretenders; Description Of Some Japanese Phylliidae From The 26th Phylliidae Convention
Special Mention, Yuji Hyakutake
Special Mention, Kiichiro Furukawa
New Culture Award, Minoru Honda
New Culture Award, Iwahashi Zenbei
The Art Of Hiroshi Abe, Master Breeder And Artist
A Very Pretty Phylliidae: Phyllium Morosus (First published in 1989)
All images by the ICZ
The GREAT PRETENDERS
The New Culture Awards
The New Culture Awards was introduced in 1993 to recognize emerging cultures from young scientists. It aims to promote the work of emerging cultures alongside that of established cultures.
New Culture Award, 2009 Phylliidae Convention
Minoru Honda, Phyllium spinosus
“Spirit of resemblances distinctively captured by artistic and scientific handling of color gradation and choice components.” Atsuo Asami, Chief Judge.
Minoru Honda
New Culture Award, 2009 Phylliidae Convention, Tokyo
Phyllium spinosus (Fabricius, 1772)
PSG Number: 21
Locality: Trinidad
Reproduction: S
Culture Status: T
Winged: W
Female Size: 55
Male Size: 50
Foodplants: P.B.H
References: 16,21
Vernacular names: Fabricius’s Green Blade