thaibugs http://www.thaibugs.com all about Thailand's insects Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:59:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 June 2011 http://www.thaibugs.com/?p=1128 http://www.thaibugs.com/?p=1128#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:57:33 +0000 admin http://www.thaibugs.com/?p=1128

Things not really got going yet. Here are a few from Wang Chin (Panjen Hideaway):

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An unusually wet month and not very good for insects. Avisit to Punjen is always worthwhile, though and here are some of the finds. Pride of place goes to the Lamiinae Olenecamptus fouqueti (thanks to Michel Chantraine for finding the id)- as far as I know it’s the only picture of one on the internet.

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You don’t expect to get vast numbers of insects during the winter months but Wang Chin (the Punjen Hideaway) was always good. Everest, however, was not- three moths all night and three thousand hornets. Only got stung once, though. I will add these and others to the galleries. Eventually.

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Fewer insects around now winter has set in but still plenty of moths and butterflies, including my first sighting of Papilio demolion, a beautiful and uncommon species. The most striking thing I came across, however, was a tragic sight: the body of a Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) presumably shot by a farmer. Larger than the more common Leopard cat, it was just over a metre in length. What a sad end for a superb animal. I was first drawn by the sound of many flies and, as you can see in the picture, they were soon joined by some butterflies. I cannot understand how it is possible to kill something as rare and as beautiful.

]]> http://www.thaibugs.com/?feed=rss2&p=996 6 Bugs defy the winter http://www.thaibugs.com/?p=956 http://www.thaibugs.com/?p=956#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:32:39 +0000 admin http://thaibugs.com/?p=956

Trips to Pamiang, Everest and Wang Chin. Now the rains have stopped there are not supposed to be so many insects around but this year the bugs have defied the predictions by turning out en masse (see the picture of the sheet at Punjen, Wang Chin, at around midnight. I counted 82 hawk moths on the sheet and as many more in the surrounding bushes.

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The most frustrating thing about finding moths is not knowing what they are. All these came to the lights in the last few days and I’ve no idea what they are. Any suggestions welcome.

]]> http://www.thaibugs.com/?feed=rss2&p=951 6 The rainy season prepares to go out with a bang http://www.thaibugs.com/?p=945 http://www.thaibugs.com/?p=945#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:51:47 +0000 admin http://thaibugs.com/?p=945

thaibugs is slowly struggling back to normal after the site was hacked. Apologies for the disruption. Meanwhile, I took advantage of the last moonless nights of the rainy season to continue my exploration of resorts around Chiang Mai and incidentally to photograph a few moths. Here is a small selection plus a few other creatures.

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Good trips this month to Chiang Dao, Wang Chin and Chae Sorn. Huge storms with nightly downpours, landslides and mud everywhere. Moths plentiful, the highlight being an Actias Maenas hanging from the branch of a tree which I spotted while driving along the winding wooded road to Chae Sorn one morning. Lots of Cicadellidae came to the lights in Chae Sorn as well as a selection of beetles. Daytime insects not so abundant.

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This is the best place I know of around here to see lots of butterflies. Just outside Chiang Dao, at the bottom of the road leading to Meuang Khong. In the sandy area around the checkpoint I have regularly found 60 species or more in a morning- and I’ve missed loads. These are some pictures I took last week- no rarities but nice to see so many species.

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Two trips this month. First, back to Mae Kampong, always lots of bugs about in spite of the deluge and a reasonable number of moths. Then to Wang Chin in Phrae province, my first trip . Wang Chin is famous for supplying many of the insects sold here and it did not disappoint. There were lots about in the fields adjoining the National Park (closed because of landslides) and a good number of moths braved the driving rain.

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