Nature

[samuijimmy]

Me 2501 had a snake in the grass... mine is in the rafters! 

 

 

[samuijimmy]

Tortoise ... Hid Lad Falls, Nathon Samui ...

[me2501]

Nice colour the snake and quite big. I bet you have no rats.

 

[Ron19]

[Mousehound]

On ‎27‎/‎09‎/‎2016 at 10:08 PM, shaggy1969 said:

Well spotted me2501!!!

 

Caught this dragonfly in our back garden,sitting on the old chicken shed.Didn't realize,until I focused in,that it had a wasp (I think) in it's clutches and was preparing itself some breakfast.Quite amazing and at the same time shocking, to watch nature at work.

 

Sony a6000 coupled with my CZ Sonnar, 1/200 sec, ISO 500 and judging by the high ISO,I would guess around f/8 for the aperture.

Being a manual aperture,the f stop is not recorded with the exif data.

 

 

.........Goomps, will be back!!!

Outstanding shot.  This looks like a young imm. Blue Skimmer.  The female stays yellow/orange  but the male develops a bright blue bloom as it ages.  The blue is a form of algae.  These dragonflies are the Apache helicopter

of the insect world.  Getting them in focus whilst in flight is a real challenge.

[Assurancetourix]

This morning when cycling ..( as usual )

 

Olympus TG 860 - f/5.2 - 1/320* - iso 125 - 49 mm

[shaggy1969]

Trident King

 

[shaggy1969]

Damaged but not out

 

[Ron19]

Nasty little critter this one and aggressive as well.

 

[me2501]

Grasshopper or Cricket spotted on the morning stroll

Sony DSC-HX400V:  Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/4.5, Focal length: 28mm, ISO: 80

[Assurancetourix]

This morning during my MTBike balade

 

Olympus TG 860 - 49 mm ( macro position )

[me2501]

close up of a meadowhawk  -  a kind of dragonfly seen this morning

[JetsetBkk]

^ Brilliant stuff, me2501!

 

This video is nowhere near as detailed or clear, even when viewed at 1080p, but it was dark and good fun to watch the bat flying around. He/she didn't seem to mind that I was standing directly in the flight path:

 

 

Edited October 3, 2016 by JetsetBkk

[Ron19]

One of these

 

[Assurancetourix]

On 10/2/2016 at 10:21 AM, Ron19 said:

Nasty little critter this one and aggressive as well.

 

 

Can somebody give us the exact name of this dragon ..Beurk , not beautiful ..

But nice shot Ron

[me2501]

Looks like Thelyphonida. 

Thelyphonida is an arachnid order comprising invertebrates commonly known as whip scorpions or vinegaroons. 

[samuijimmy]

Seaweed ... pretty in pink! 

[Ron19]

[Ron19]

[Assurancetourix]

Hi, ! I know we have very good specialists here on TV forum ..

 

What is that sort of strange snail ? Thank u

Shot this morning in my garden ..

 

Olympus TG 860 - f/5.7 - 1/60* - iso 640 - 105 mm

Edited October 9, 2016 by Assurancetourix
forgot an " s "

[me2501]

on the quick looks like: Grey Garden Slug (Deroceras reticulatum)

[Ron19]

[2alex4alex]

moon mouth

[rhythmworx]

AKA Actius Luna or Luna moth originally from north America, that might be the indian variety.

 

They have no mouth and therefore can't eat and only live for around a week.

[Mousehound]

On ‎3‎/‎10‎/‎2016 at 6:48 PM, Assurancetourix said:

This morning during my MTBike balade

 

Olympus TG 860 - 49 mm ( macro position )

Coleopterans can be pretty hard to identify.  At first I thought this was certainly a Tenebrionidae (true Darkling Beetle).  The pie-dish shape and colour being diagnostic.  Then I thought about the claws being uneven which pushed me to thinking, for a moment, about Rulelinae - which contains the Christmas Beetles - but these are bright and often metallic colours.  Then I thought about the powerful digging claws and swung toward the Scarabaeidae Dynastinae - Rhinoceros and elephant beetles.  On closer inspection the claws in the picture may well be even and the right upper claw just a trick of the angle .  So my money (for a day or so at least) is on the latter group.  But I could be wrong, so if any one knows for sure I would like to know.

[Ron19]

[Assurancetourix]

This morning; it was big and in the middle of the red road where I was .. Olympus TG 860

 

[JetsetBkk]

Bug on my Desert Rose :

 

 

RIP bug.

 

 

 

 

[Mousehound]

20 hours ago, JetsetBkk said:

Bug on my Desert Rose :

 

 

RIP bug.

 

 

 

 

A caterpillar of the Nymphalidae group of butterflies.  And, to be pedantic not a bug,.  Think I would have sacrifices a few leaves of a rose in exchange for a stunning butterfly. 

[Mousehound]

On ‎8‎/‎10‎/‎2016 at 0:06 PM, Ron19 said:

I think yhis is a Golden Birdwing Troides aeacus.- the subspecies found around BKK and I have seen it at Khao Yai.