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
Image Copyright David Vinot
Image Copyright David Vinot
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.
Image Copyright Perry Stevens
Last Observed: 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: Perry Stevens
This super-hairy caterpillar eventually develops into the Tussock Moth.
Image Copyright Tijl Adriaen
Last Observed: November 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: Tijl Adriaen, Hans-Henrik Hansen
The Tropical Swallowtail Moth is a large member of the moth family uraniidae with a wingspan of up to 16cm.
Tropical Swallowtail Moth Wikipedia
Image Copyright Hans-Henrik Hansen
Image: David Vinot
Last Observed: 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: Paitoon Praiboung, Perry Stevens, David Vinot
The Tropical Carpenter Bee is a large solitary dwelling bee that lives in burrowed holes in wood or in bamboo stems. It is one of the largest bees in the world and Koh Chang is a perfect habitat for it.
And get this, they mate on the wing!
Tropical Carpenter Bee Wikipedia
Image Copyright Perry Stevens
Image Copyright Paitoon Praiboung
Image Copyright Paitoon Praiboung
Last Observed: 2008ish, Koh Chang
Observed By: Dave Hinchliffe
This stunningly-coloured moth looks like a bee or a wasp on first observation. It is also known as the Tiger Moth, but doesn’t look all that much like a tiger – must be the colour?
It is found in India, southeast Asia and parts of Australia.
Image Copyright David Newman
Last Observed: November 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: David Newman
The Rusty Palmking is a large butterfly that is a member of the jungle-dwelling Amathusia family of butterflies and is one of over 1,100 species of butterfly found in Thailand.
