Phasmatologists

Phasmid breeder, collector and bioinformatician. Interested in phasmid-foodplant relationships and the hymenoptera parasites of phasmids.

Tara Maginnis first got interested in phasmids when she learned that they are the only order of insects that readily shed and regenerate lost legs.  This topic was the focus of her Ph.D. at The University of Montana, where she explored the consequences associated with the costly process of investing in a leg not once, but twice.  Afterwards, at St.

Phasmid rearer and collector based in the UK.