Image Copyright Supotch White
Observed: November 2015
Observed By: Supotch White
Minor controversy surrounds this sighting. It looks like a longhorn beetle but has been identified as its close cousin Batocera rufomaculata. When we get the help of an expert entomologist (hint, hint) we can iron out little issues like this – in the meantime we present a great photo of a pretty cool beetle.
Image Copyright Tijl Adriaen
Last Observed: November 2015
Observed By: Tijl Adriaen
Chlorophorus annularis, a.k.a. the Bamboo Longhorn Beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It has an elaborate yellow and black patterned shell.
Image Copyright Tijl Adriaen
Image Copyright Tijl Adriaen
Image Copyright David Vinot
Last Observed: February 2015
Observed By: David Vinot
The Cotton Stainer is a small insect that comes from the family Pyrrhocoridae. They are charectirised by simple but striking shell markings in a similar fashion to the man-faced shield bug.
Image Copyright Teerasak Thomas Suamcheepmasau
Image Copyright Teerasak Thomas Suamcheepmasau
Image Copyright David Vinot
Last Observed: February 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: David Vinot
The Longhorn Beetle has the latin name Batocera Davidis, appropriate enough given its Koh Chang observer.
Image Copyright Julian Cowburn
Last Observed: October 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: Julian Cowburn
The beautiful man-faced shield bug really does appear to have an image of a man’s face on its back. It is also known as a stink bug and can grow up to 3cm in length.
Catacanthus Incarnatus Encyclopedia of Life
Image Copyright Coco Trilo
Last Observed: November 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: Coco Trilo
This black beetle has very distinctive red and white markings on its wing carapace.
It is a member of the Cercopidae family of beetles commonly, and pleasingly, know as frghoppers.
Last Observed: November 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: Tigl Adriaen
This shiny-black iridescent bug has a characteristic pair of brown spots.
Image Copyright Tijl Adriaen
Image Copyright Tijl Adriaen
Image Copyright Tijl Adriaen
Image Copyright Tijl Adriaen
Image: Dave Hinchliffe
Last Observed: December 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: Perry Stevens, Teerasak Thomas Suamcheepmasau, Dave Hinchliffe, Supotch White, Sam Kettel
The splendid Siamese Rhinoceros Beetle is clearly named for its horn. Only the male of the species has the horn and it used during mating season to see off its rivals when finding a mate.
These beetles are also known as fighting beetles since in Thailand, especially the north of the country, they are fought against one another as a popular betting sport. In contrast to many bloodsports the victor is the beetle that lifts his opponent off his feet.
Image Copyright Perry Stevens
Image Copyright Teerasak Thomas Suamcheepmasau
Image Dave Hinchliffe
Image Dave Hinchliffe
Image Dave Hinchliffe
Image Copyright Supotch White
Last Observed: February 2010, Koh Chang
Observed By: Dave Hinchliffe
This shield bug is a brightly coloured Koh Chang resident of the Urolabida family of beetles.
Image Copyright 2011 David Hinchliffe
Last Observed: July 2011, Pearl Beach – Koh Chang
Observed By: Dave Hinchliffe
There’s something about Koh Chang that seems to attract the largest of any kind of animal. This is the case with the mighty Caucasus Beetle which is a member of the Rhinocerous beetle family. These huge creatures can actually fly, not very well, but getting all that weight off the ground is an achievement in itself.
The large horns are a feature of the male of the species and they use them in displays of beetle machismo to fight each other and impress the female of the species.
The individual pictured was over five inches in length.
Image Copyright 2011 David Hinchliffe
Image Copyright 2011 David Hinchliffe
