Painted Jezebel
31-Jul-2012, 03:54 PM
The only thing of note that I came across today was exceptional.
I went to the area where I had seen my only Deramas livens evansi before in May 2009, not very hopeful as it had been nearly completely destroyed by the March 2011 floods on Samui. I came across this one and, as I already had good shots of that species I was not too concerned that it stayed high up and did not allow a good shot.
However, I now know that this one was a female Deramas nolens pasteuri (Orange-Crowned BlueJohn), the upperside was entirely dark bown, no blue whatsoever, a +1 for me, and another very rare species, montane in Malaysia, but, as usual, not on Samui! Sorry photo is so bad.
Incidentally, I seem to recall someone asking about the name 'Bluejohn' for the Genus. This is a semi-precious stone found in the Peak District of England (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and S. Yorkshire). I used to have a small rock containing this gem from when I camped there in my scouting days.
I went to the area where I had seen my only Deramas livens evansi before in May 2009, not very hopeful as it had been nearly completely destroyed by the March 2011 floods on Samui. I came across this one and, as I already had good shots of that species I was not too concerned that it stayed high up and did not allow a good shot.
However, I now know that this one was a female Deramas nolens pasteuri (Orange-Crowned BlueJohn), the upperside was entirely dark bown, no blue whatsoever, a +1 for me, and another very rare species, montane in Malaysia, but, as usual, not on Samui! Sorry photo is so bad.
Incidentally, I seem to recall someone asking about the name 'Bluejohn' for the Genus. This is a semi-precious stone found in the Peak District of England (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and S. Yorkshire). I used to have a small rock containing this gem from when I camped there in my scouting days.