{"id":996,"date":"2010-12-19T03:37:29","date_gmt":"2010-12-19T10:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thaibugs.com\/?p=996"},"modified":"2011-02-03T13:53:34","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T13:53:34","slug":"death-and-life-december-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thaibugs.com\/?p=996","title":{"rendered":"Death and life: December 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n\n