When most people think of moths they think of them as drab and boring relatives of butterflies that fly around at night. I have to say I was guilty of this mindset myself until very recently when I began to discover the amazing diversity of moths in Thailand. Before I start, i'd like to differentiate them …
Rainy season is definitely in full swing here and we have been having torrential rain everyday which is only ever broken up by gaps of murky wet spells. We haven't able to venture out much and our drive to and from work has looked almost apocalyptic some days. Drive to work at 7:35am (sunrise its …
Our lucky streak of good weather each weekend has finally ended with this weekend being dominated by heavy rain. This means our usual weekend venture into one of the local national parks or wildlife conservation areas has had to be postponed until next weekend, weather permitting. The bad weather has given me the opportunity to work on my …
A while back I wrote that I was aiming to have seen and documented 100 butterflies before Christmas, a goal which I'd thought was almost out of reach. Butterfly season has well and truly begun here and I've seen a new species almost every time I've been out. This meant that I reached the hundred species mark …
We were so impressed by the amount of wildlife we saw at Ton Prai on our previous visit that we decided to go back for a second look around.We arrived earlier than the last time in the hopes that more animals would be out sunning themselves before it got too hot later in the day. …
Another sunny weekend and another national park to explore. This time we headed to Ton Prai Waterfall a little further afield than we usually go but well worth the trip.The park was beautiful and has definitely taken a spot in my top 5 favourites here in Phang-nga province. We hadn't even entered the car park …
Last weekend Carly and I continued our exploring of our province and headed out to a new waterfall and forest park we had never visited (Lampi Waterfall). The park was small but beautiful and each and every corner of it seemed to be home to one or more species of butterfly. We walked up a …
I realised the other day that my blog has become very insect heavy recently featuring very few animals larger than your hand. If you're hoping this blog post will be different, I'm afraid you're going to be a little disappointed, its all about insects, lots and lots of them. I will try to explain why …
Sunday rolled around and the weather nice, so both Carly and I decided to head out to our favourite national park for a wander and a bit of wildlife spotting. As we drove into the park it became apparent that the butterfly season was well and truly underway. Every puddle seemed to be edged by …
What a weekend, and where to begin? I guess I should begin on Friday which seemed to be the perfect lead in to a great weekend of wildlife. I took my students on a nature walk around school in which we were surprised by a very patient Lime butterfly which perched on a branch long …
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