After a friend posted a picture of a cool caterpillar on my facebook page this week (Wild Thailand) I was inspired to showcase some of the cool caterpillars that I've found so far. So here are a few of the cool caterpillars I've found in Thailand to date. Lime Butterfly (Papilio Demoleus) Caterpillars They are truly bizarre, caterpillars which disguise themselves …
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 …
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 …
Its been a while since I've posted anything but I haven't been stagnant. In fact I've been busy collecting material for my photo galleries page which is severely lacking in content at this time. So far I've managed to compile a damselfly gallery, a lizard gallery and an amphibians gallery which you can see here Photo Galleries. …
Last weekend we packed up all our things and moved to a new house out of the town and nearer to beach (1 minute away). The house is slowly starting to feel like home and all of our things are unpacked. Time for some exploring and wildlife spotting! These seems to be a lot of dragonflies …
Thailand's biodiversity is absolutely huge which is one of the reasons it is so satisfying to look for wildlife here because you're always finding something you've never seen before. To give you an idea of just how big Thailand's biodiversity is, I've put some figures below that I took from the Convention on Biological Diversity's …
During the rainy season here it can get a bit overwhelming when it rains for days and days on end. You begin to wonder if you'll ever have dry shoes to wear and if you'll ever be able to do anything outside. I get the impression too sometimes that even the wildlife starts to get fed …
So... a while back we were babysitting our friends puppy; a little Thai Ridgeback called Mojo. We wanted Mojo's stay to go as smoothly as possible in the hopes that he'd be coming back one day. At the time we didn't have a dog of our own, so babysitting a friend's dog was a real …
So, what better way to start my new blog, than with the species of snake that I see the most here in Thailand; the Ornate Tree Snake (Chrysopelea ornata). I love these snakes, I love them for their beautiful green, yellow and black markings. I love their inquisitive personalities and the fact that i seem …
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