Popular Post Mousehound Posted July 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2015 No idea what kinda squirrel this is. Taken from Kaeng Krachan NP. As you say - a Squirrel. I often see this a s the "beautiful Squirrel' and common in KKNP. Not the dark tip to the bushy tail. Thanks for the links to Tree Shrews guys. Not something I have really got onto, and interesting. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Goompa Posted July 18, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2015 Blue Basil Bee 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Goompa Posted July 19, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2015 Jack , that Squirrel shot is a cracker ! Nice lens mate , great IQ This a better shot I think of the Blue Bee , the last image has too many highlights . Never seen this species before , excuse my enthusiasm everyone . 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mousehound Posted July 19, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) Jack , that Squirrel shot is a cracker ! Nice lens mate , great IQ This a better shot I think of the Blue Bee , the last image has too many highlights . Never seen this species before , excuse my enthusiasm everyone . Brilliant! A type of Cuckoo Bee, I think. Thyreus nitidulus (Hymenoptera - Apidae. They are parasitic on the Blue-banded Bee. Edited July 19, 2015 by Mousehound 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack2964 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Jack , that Squirrel shot is a cracker ! Nice lens mate , great IQ Thanks Goompa for your compliments. It is very easy shooting from a blind and all sorts of critters show up with many making repeated visits. I would recommend a zoom lens rather than a prime as you can see in my pic the black tipped tail has been cut off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tywais Posted July 21, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2015 Sitting next to the sink at the office. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goompa Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Coffee must be strong ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Docno Posted July 21, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2015 (edited) The "River Kwai" [Not sure why detail and vibrance is lost in the upload ... system is colour-managed, etc.] Trying as a link from another site: Edited July 21, 2015 by Docno 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jack2964 Posted July 22, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2015 Have nice pair. F5.6, F/L:400, 1/800sec, ISO 4000, Handheld. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mousehound Posted July 22, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2015 Sitting next to the sink at the office. This may be a Notuidae moth. Moths are so poorly described it is not hard to find specimens that are new or at least unnamed. If you can get a pic of the palpi or at least describe it then putting it into the correct family is at least a possibility. Good id features are - size, how wings are held, type of structure of antennae, woolly or smooth head, palpi shape and length as well as patterning of front and rear wings. Also whether it has a proboscis at all. Some moths have no mouthparts. many can only be identified by dissection and analyses of the reproductive parts. Many moths are diurnal and mimic butterflies or wasps etc. Moths are generally a very interesting group with almost certainly thousands of undescribed species in Thailand alone. I now have a license to collect in OZ but at this time restrict myself to photographing Thailand specimens. Thanks to TV members that post pics such as these - they a really important. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jack2964 Posted July 23, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2015 A poor pic of an Archduke but not sure exactly which. Could be Common or Malayan Archduke or something else. Hope someone can positively ID it. Taken from Kaeng Krachan NP. Thanks. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tolsti Posted July 23, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2015 Spirit house raider today.... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mousehound Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 A poor pic of an Archduke but not sure exactly which. Could be Common or Malayan Archduke or something else. Hope someone can positively ID it. Taken from Kaeng Krachan NP. Thanks. How about "Black-tip Archduke"? This is a pretty worn specimen but the brighter forewing tips and darh antennae coulbcd be significant. The Common has quite pale antenna tips (yellow). The Black-tip is a malay/peninsular Thailand species. Rated as "uncommon" by Ek-Amnuay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Goompa Posted July 24, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2015 In Flight 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TP1 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 In Flight Goompa, you are developing an obsession with that blue thing. But I like your photos, so please carry on as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Goompa Posted July 24, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2015 Phffttt , in response . 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post samuijimmy Posted July 24, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2015 Oh darn, I just ran out of likes! Snake in the tree... first time I have seen one in years, and today I saw two.... Green tree snake, I think? 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Oh darn, I just ran out of likes! Snake in the tree... first time I have seen one in years, and today I saw two.... Green tree snake, I think? Correct. Surprised you got that close, those guys are fast. Or was that a very long zoom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Oh darn, I just ran out of likes! Snake in the tree... first time I have seen one in years, and today I saw two.... Green tree snake, I think? Correct. Surprised you got that close, those guys are fast. Or was that a very long zoom. I was not too far away, but used the zoom, then cropped in post editing!!! He tried to get up the tree but could not make it!! He was speaking with forked tongue too, I vaguely remember they are mildly poisonous ... so did not get too close!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Goompa Posted July 25, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2015 Not Blue 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mousehound Posted July 26, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2015 Not Blue I see - so moving on to a brown series? For those that may not know: spiders have sensor hairs on he legs and feet to detect even tiny vibrations in the air as well as on their webs. The spider coats itself with a fine layer of oil so that it does not get caught up in its own web. Spider silk is finer than that of the silkworm and is stronger than any man made material by weight. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack2964 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 A poor pic of an Archduke but not sure exactly which. Could be Common or Malayan Archduke or something else. Hope someone can positively ID it. Taken from Kaeng Krachan NP. Thanks. How about "Black-tip Archduke"? This is a pretty worn specimen but the brighter forewing tips and darh antennae coulbcd be significant. The Common has quite pale antenna tips (yellow). The Black-tip is a malay/peninsular Thailand species. Rated as "uncommon" by Ek-Amnuay. Could well be Black-tip MH, they are so hard to pin down. I have a copy of Ek-Amnuay's too but that doesn't make it any easier for me. I picked Malayan simply because on its forewings leading edges there seem to be a smattering of white spots/speckles that appear to match my worn specimen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine51 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Oh darn, I just ran out of likes! Snake in the tree... first time I have seen one in years, and today I saw two.... Green tree snake, I think? Correct. Surprised you got that close, those guys are fast. Or was that a very long zoom. I was not too far away, but used the zoom, then cropped in post editing!!! He tried to get up the tree but could not make it!! He was speaking with forked tongue too, I vaguely remember they are mildly poisonous ... so did not get too close!!! Jimmy...the Paradise Green Tree Snake (in your photo) is not "mildly poisonous"...it is mildly venomous. They're rear fanged snakes and their venom poses humans no harm but it's hell on lizards & small rodentia. The venom is excreted as they chew. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mousehound Posted July 26, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) This leaf jumper was spotted this afternoon in a eucalypt. The mouth parts show a short probe with a further pointed extension with a small bubble of sap. Typical or a true "bug" which sucks its food.The forelegs have soft pads to grip with. 14mm Edited July 26, 2015 by Mousehound 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Johntwo Posted July 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2015 This was taken at the Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute in Bangkok. It is part of the Red Cross and produces anti venom. Well worth a visit if you are in the area 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Goompa Posted July 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2015 Just because it's Monday 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Johntwo Posted July 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2015 This was taken in Lumphini Park in Bangkok in June 2014 back in the days before I found the joys of shooting in RAW. I am led to believe it is a monitor lizard. There were literally hundreds of these all over the park 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2alex4alex Posted August 5, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2015 Wat near Wang Saphung.Local "King". About 4 years ago I had a fight with him when he tried to bite small girl. I knocked him in chest,but he refused to go away. I let him don't lose his face in front of his community. I couldn't lose my face as well because of about 20 Thais watching that farang is going to do. So we just stayed for a while staring at each other. And slowly started looking away...After couple of min he strolled away.. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sunshine51 Posted August 8, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted August 8, 2015 Just getting some sun on my tail....baby garden lizard. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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