Shield Bug (Urolabida sp., Urostylididae)
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.
Urostylididae Wikipedia
Scarlet Skimmer (Crocothemis servilia)
Image: David Vinot
Last Observed: December 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: David Vinot, Jean-Pierre Odet
The scarlet skimmer is a bright red coloured member of the Dragonfly family that is common to Koh Chang and ranges throughout east and southeast Asia.
They are a common delicacy in China and may well also be available in some of the Thai fried insect stands.
Scarlet Skimmer at Wikipedia
Image Copyright Jean-Pierre Odet
Scarlet Millipede (Trigoniulus corallinus)
Image David Vinot
Last Observed: February 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: David Vinot
The Scarlet millipede is a common sight on koh Chang. It is, for once on Koh Chang, a relatively small member of the millipede family and not harmful. When threatened it rolls into a spiral for protection.
Scarlet (or Rusty) Millipede at Wkipedia
Image David Vinot
Ricanula stigmatica
Image Copyright Tijl Adriaen
Last Observed: 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: Tijl Adriaen
This moth has an impressive yellow and reddish brown-two tone coat.
It would only be useful for camouflage if the moth landed specifically halfway between yellow and reddish-brown backgrounds. Perhaps that’s what it does.
Ricanula stigmatica at natureloveyou.sg
Rounded Palm-redeye (Erionata torus)
Image Copyright David Hinchliffe
Last Observed: 2011, Koh Chang
Observed By: David Hinchliffe
The most striking feature of this small tawny couloured moth is it’s brightly coloured red eye. It seems a strange evolutionary selection to reveal the eye so clearly when so many other animals go to elaborate lengths to conceal their vulnerable eyes.
If anyone knows why this is the case then we’d love to know.
Rounded palm-redeye ifoundbutterflies.org
Saffron-Faced Blue Dart
Last Observed: February 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: David Vinot
A long name for a small, but brightly coloured animal. The Saffron-Faced Blue Dart is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae that is found in many tropical Asian countries.
Saffron-Faced Blue Dart Wikipedia
Phyllium Siccifolium
Image Copyright Loukpud Shinkhem
Last Observed: December 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: Loukpud Shinkhem, Heli Pohjolainen, Dave Hinchliffe
Phyllium siccifolium is a leaf insect from the family Phillidae. these insect mimic leaves to a truly remarkable extent. They are found from South and Southeast Asia through to Australia.
Phyllium Siccifolium ourbreathingplanet.com
Image Copyright Heli Pohjolainen
Image Copyright Dave Hinchliffe
Phalera reya
Image Copyright 2015 Hans-Henrik Hansen
Last Observed: 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: Hans-Henrik Hansen
Phalera reya is a brilliant imitator. When perched with its wings folded it looks exactly like a small twig. The level of detail is impressive, there is even a patch of ‘lichen’ featured on each wing.
Phalera (Genus) Wikipedia
Peridrome orbicularis
Last Observed: 2010, Koh Chang
Observed By: Dave Hinchliffe
Poor old Peridrome orbicularis. It doesn’t seem to have a common name – just the Latin one. You would think that some moth-spotter somewhere would have considered it beautiful enough to merit its own common name – even if it was something as prosaic as “Black-spotted orange moth”.
Maybe it has a name somewhere and we just haven’t found it yet.
Until then, at least on Koh Chang Nature, it shall be known as the Tequila Sunset Moth.
Peridrome orbicularis Wikipedia
Longfin Batfish (Platax teira)
Image Copyright Hanah Weerkamp
Image Copyright Hanah Weerkamp
Observed: Koh Chang Reefs,
Observed By: Jonathan Milnes
The Longfin batfish is one of the larger reef-dwelling fishes to be found in Koh Chang waters, growing up to 60cm in length.
Longfin Batfish Wikipedia
