Image Copyright 2015 David Vinot
Last Observed: February 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: David Vinot
The Thai Rainbow Millipede is a beautifully coloured member of the millipede family that is commonly found on Koh Chang. Like all millipedes it is slow moving and has four legs to each segment in contrast to the faster centipede family who have only two legs to each of their segments.
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
Image Copyright 2015 David Vinot
Last Observed: February 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: David Vinot, Iris Gerardi
The huge Atlas Moth is the second largest of the world’s moth species with the larger female of the species achieving a wingspan of up to 25cm. They are a reasonably common sight on koh Chang and have a very distinctive wing pattern.
Image Copyright Iris Gerardi
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Last Observed: February 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: David Vinot
The Adamson’s Rose is a Koh Chang native butterly that is a member of the Swallowtail butterfly family.
Image Copyright 2012 David Hinchliffe
Last Observed: November 2012, Koh Chang
Observed By: Dave Hinchliffe
The Giant Leopard Moth is a large, pale coloured Koh Chang native moth with distinctive reddish brown or black spots.
Image Copyright 2012 David Hinchliffe
Image Copyright 2012 David Hinchliffe
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Last Observed: February 2015, Koh Chang
Observed By: David Vinot
The Crimson Dropwing, also known as the Crimson Marsh Glider is a brilliantly-coloured memebr of the dragonfly family. Their four wings give them complete mastery of flight, including the ability to hover and even to fly backwards.
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Image Copyright 2011 David Hinchliffe
Last Observed: November 2015 at Lonely Beach, Koh Chang
Observed By: David Newman, Tijl Adriaen, Dave Hinchliffe, Suthanai Krupanich
This huge insect is a master of disguise and is one of several Koh Chang jungle insects that protect themselves from predators by looking like leaves or twigs. As with many Koh Chang species it is the world’s largest example of the animal family, and it’s particularly surprising to find one of them crawling across your computer monitor.
Image Copyright 2014 Tijl Adriean
Image Copyright 2014 Tijl Adriean
Image Copyright 2014 Tijl Adriean
Image Copyright 2011 David Hinchliffe
Image Copyright 2011 David Hinchliffe
Image Copyright 2011 David Hinchliffe
Image Copyright 2015 David Newman
Image Copyright 2015 David Newman
Image Copyright 2015 David Newman
Image Copyright Suthanai Krupanich
Image Copyright 2015 David Vinot
Last Observed: February 2015 – Koh Chang
Observed By: David Vinot
These majestic birds are thankfully a common sight on Koh Chang, either circling gracefully in the jungle thermals or swooping down to grab huge fish out of the sea. You’ll often see them in mating pairs. The female is slightly larger than the male and her wingspan can reach 2.2 metres. With a body-weight of up to 4.5 kilogrammes this is a one of Koh Chang’s biggest and most photogenic birds.
White Bellied Sea Eagle Wikipedia
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Image: David Vinot
Image: David Vinot
Image: David Vinot
Image: David Vinot
Image: David Vinot
Image: David Vinot
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Last Observed: December 2015 – Koh Chang
Last Observed By: David Vinot, Sam Kettel
The Pacific Reef Heron is a large waterbird with a wingspan of around a metre. It exists in two colours, white and grey (or light morph and dark morph if you’re being technical).
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Image Copyright David Vinot
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Image Copyright David Vinot
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Image Copyright Jean-Pierre Odet
Image Copyright Jean-Pierre Odet
Image Copyright Jean-Pierre Odet
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Last Observed: October 2015 – Koh Chang
Observations by By: Heli Pohjolainen, David Vinot, Tiger Maa, Dave Hinchliffe, Perry Stevens
This beautiful, but admittedly large and potentially scary spider is a common sight in the woodlands of Koh Chang. It builds huge and intricate webs and seldom if ever leaves them, waiting instead for lunch to fly into the trap.
If we could manufacture Golden Orb Web Spider silk, it would have a million uses; from parachutes, bullet-proof vests, lightweight clothing, seatbelts, light but strong ropes, as sutures in operations and artificial tendons and ligaments. The silk is almost as strong as Kevlar, the strongest man-made material which is drawn from concentrated sulphuric acid.
Giant Golden Orb Weaver Spider Wikipedia
Image: Tiger Maa
Image Copyright Perry Stevens
Image Copyright 2015 David Vinot
Image Copyright 2015 David Vinot
Image Copyright Perry Stevens
Image Dave Hinchliffe
Image Tiger Maa
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Image Copyright 2015 Heli Pohjolainen
Image: Tiger Maa
