Image Copyright David Vinot
Last Observed: February 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: David Vinot
The Peacock Pansy is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.
Its most notable feature is that it exists in two different adult forms with different underside wing markings. There is a wet-season and a dry-season form so it is possible that this evolutionary variant has occured to offer better camouflage in differing climate and flora conditions.
Image David Vinot
Last Observed: February 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: David Vinot
The Blue Pansy is known in Australia as the far more assertive sounding Blue Argus.
It is a butterfly of the Nymphalid family.
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.
Last Observed: February 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: David Vinot
The splendidly named Commander is a brush-footed butterfly native to Asia.
Who or what The Commander commands, or how it got its name, is unclear. It would be great to have that naming power though wouldn’t it? “I’ll call this toad The Governor, just because I can”.
Image Copyright David Vinot
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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 David Vinot
Last Observed: February 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: David Vinot
The Red Grasshawk, also known as the Common Parasol and the Grasshawk Dragonfly is a brilliantly-coloured member of the dragonfly family. Their four wings give them complete mastery of flight, including the ability to hover and even to fly backwards.
Image Copyright David Vinot
Image: David Vinot
Last Observed: February 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: David Vinot
The small but hardy Weaver Ant is a commonly seen insect on Koh Chang. They make nests in trees from leaves that are stitched together with silk produced by their larvae – hence the name.
Image Copyright David Vinot
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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.
Image: Perry Stevens
Image Copyright Paweena Khamsap
Last Observed: December 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: Paweena Khamsap, Perry Stevens
The brightly coloured Yellow Leopard Moth is often mistaken for a butterfly firstly because it flies during the day and secondly due to its uncharacteristically bright colouration. But it isn’t. It’s a moth. A moth with delusions of grandeur maybe, but still a moth.
Image Copyright David Vinot
Last Observed: February 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: David Vinot
Not to be confused with the Greater-Banded Hornet (the bands are… less) the Lesser-Banded Hornet is a native Koh Chang insect species.
Hornets are a sub-family of wasps that have a venom that is slightly more painful to humans. they are also able, like bees and wasps to summon the whole nest to attack by releasing a special attack pheremone.
