Butterflies of Phanom Bencha National Park and Mountain Resort

[bluefin]

Nelson: That's some pretty great shooting! What a way for me to start the day! I'll come back again this evening for my "treat" that I enjoy each evening! William

Glad that you like it Will.

Nice nice. May have to make a trip there one day. Any Lantern bug ?

LC, will be posting shots of the rest of the critters in this thread, including the LB.

[WillFolsom]

Nelson: I enjoyed this posting and your other posting, which included a lot about local conditions. Keep up the great work. William

[bluefin]

Nelson: I enjoyed this posting and your other posting, which included a lot about local conditions. Keep up the great work. William

Thanks William, the Blog that you have read through belongs to Ellen.
I am juz providing some pictures.

I am not so much of a writing person.

[bluefin]

A couple more posting to wrap up the series.
I am not really sure of the ID of some of these critters.


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3.

[bluefin]

Spider A






Spider B








Spider C

[bluefin]

These geckos are hugh, measuring about 10inch and its call is extremely loud and interesting.


Gecko A








Gecko B

[bluefin]

And lastly the lanterns descend.


Pyrops karenia









Pyrops shiinaorum shiinaorum It choses to remain high up the tree.

[Great Mormon]

The second picture of the gecko is really cute! It's saying cheese!

[butterfly_effect]

A more accurate sound would be a very cartoonish and loud HELLO! I'm not kidding....

Anyway, the article on the Lantern bugs and Geckos are up... the environment pics I posted give a very good clue on where you can find them... hahaha...so Lantern bug fans, you can go crazy over the numbered trees!

http://wanderingbutterflyeffect.word...gecko-special/

[Painted Jezebel]

The large gecko must be the Tokay (Gekko gekko), though there is more orange and less blue than normal. They are common in house roofs (I have one living in mine). They are also quite nasty individuals, not afraid to bite and chew someone's finger for some time, and they can draw blood. They are also noisy, as you realised, and dirty. Everyone I know makes an extreme effort to keep them out of the house, itself.

The usual sounds they make are 3 loud chirps followed, in reducing decibels, by "Gecko..... Gecko..... Gecko" though it can sound like Hello. The Thais say that if "Gecko" is repeated five times they will be lucky, however, for Farangs (Foreigners), it has to be repeated seven times for them to be lucky. Needless to say, it is usually 5 or 6 only!

The Agama lizard (2 & 3) must be Calotes emma, note the spines above the eyes. There are two ssp. in the peninsular, C. emma emma (Forest Crested Lizard) found in S. peninsular and Malaysia to Perak, and C. emma alticristatus (Northern Forest Crested Lizard), found in Penisular Thailand northwards through Indo-China. The colouring of the first is usually green and grey, so I suspect the latter which can be very variable in colouration, including an orange head when it is stressed.

I think the first one may be a juvenile of the same.