All Entries in the "Thai Wildlife" Category
Box Jellyfish
Lately there has been attacks by the deadly dangerous box jellyfish in Thailand. Three Swedish tourists has died after being attacked by the dangerous jellyfish.
Crickets and thai cricket farming
Crickets, family Gryllidae (also known as “true crickets”), are insects somewhat related to grasshoppers, and more closely related to katydids or bush crickets (family Tettigoniidae). They have somewhat flattened bodies and long antennae. There are about 900 species of crickets. They tend to be nocturnal and are often confused with grasshoppers because they have a similar body structure including jumping hind legs. Crickets [...]
Siamese rhinoceros beetle (Xylotrupes gideon)
The Siamese rhinoceros beetle or fighting beetle, Xylotrupes gideon, is a species of large scarab beetle belonging to the subfamily Dynastinae.
Lesser Thailand black bird-eating tarantula (Haplopelma minax)
Haplopelma is a genus of old-world tarantulas which are found in Southeast Asia. The range of this genus includes Myanmar, southeastern China,Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and Borneo.
Centipede: Scolopendra subspinipes
Scolopendra subspinipes or Rhombocephalus smaragdinus is a species of centipede occasionally reaching 19 cm in length. This is large for a centipede, but there are several larger species.
Common House Geckos
Thai: จิ้งจ “ jing-jok” The Common House Gecko, scientific name Hemidactylus frenatus, is a native of southeastern Asia and the northern parts of Africa. Known as the Pacific house gecko, the Asian house gecko, or simply, the house lizard, it is the most recently discovered member of a quartet of small, prolific and aggressive lizards (or Gekkonids) that are nocturnal. They [...]
Indo-Chinese Forest Lizard (Calotes mystaceus)
Calotes mystaceus, the Indo-Chinese Forest Lizard or Blue-crested Lizard, is an agamid lizard found in Southeast Asia. Upper head-scales smooth or feebly keeled, imbricate, scarcely enlarged on supraorbital region; a few small spines on each side of the head above the tympanum; latter measuring at least half the diameter of the orbit. Gular sac small; gular scales feebly keeled, [...]
Praying mantis (Mantodea)
Mantodea or mantises is an order of insects that contains approximately 2,200 species in nine families worldwide in temperate and tropicalhabitats. Most of the species are in the family Mantidae. Historically, the term “mantid” was used to refer to any member of the order because for most of the past century, only one family was recognized within the order; technically, however, the [...]
Hunting and eating rice field rat in Thailand (Rattus argentiventer)
The Rice-field Rat is a medium-sized rat with a grizzed yellow-brown and black pelage. Its belly is gray in the midline with whiter flanks. The tail is uniformly medium brown. They have chisel-like incisor. The Rice-fieldRat is between 304-400mm long with a tail length of 140-200mm and a skull length of 37-41mm. The average weight [...]
Thai giant dung beetle (Heliocopris bucephalus) ด้วงไทยขนาดยักษ์
Heliocopris is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. They are found in Africa, and southern and southeast Asia.
Oriental garden lizard
Oriental garden lizard The Oriental Garden Lizard, Eastern Garden Lizard or Changeable Lizard (Calotes versicolor) is an agamid lizard found widely distributed in Asia. It has also been introduced in many other parts of the world. It is an insectivore and the male gets a bright red throat in the breeding season leading to a common incorrect name of “Bloodsucker”. Picture [...]
Asian Painted frog (Kaloula pulchra)
Asian Painted Bullfrog Ox Frog Painted Frog Malaysian Narrow-Mouthed Toad Bubble Frog The Asian Painted Frog (Kaloula pulchra) is also known as the Chubby Frog (in the pet trade), Banded Bull Frog, Rice Frog, or Bubble Frog. These frogs belonging to the narrow-mouthed frog family have round bodies with mahogany brown backs and cream stomachs. The distinctive stripes down the [...]
Paperwasp (polistes Sp.)
Thai: (dten) No scientific name available at the moment, please leave a comment if you can help! Wasps of the cosmopolitan genus Polistes (the only genus in the tribe Polistini) are the most familiar of the polistine wasps, and are the most common type of paper wasp. It is also the single largest genus within the family Vespidae, with over [...]
Hornet (unknown)
I found this hornet outside my house back in 2008, I havent been able to classify it, but i believe it to be a Vespa mandarina. Can you help me classify, please leave a comment. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Lesser banded hornet (Vespa affinis)
Thai: ตัวต่อ (dtor) (dtuaa) (dtaaw) Hornets are the largest eusocial wasps; some species can reach up to 5.5 cm (2.2 in) in length. The true hornets make up the genus Vespaand are distinguished from other vespines by the width of the vertex (part of the head behind the eyes), which is proportionally larger in Vespa and by the anteriorly rounded gasters (the section [...]
Rice crab. Esanthelphusa spp. or Somanniathelphusa (ปูนา)
Thai: ปูนา (Poonr) Somanniathelphusa is a genus of freshwater crabs, often called paddy, rice-paddy, or rice-field crabs. They are found in southeast China, Taiwan, and southeast Asia. a major pest in rice fields. Limited damage in rice seedling. They eat only the soft parts of the rice seedlings. Night active, exept in times with no sun. Too much sun [...]
Wierd looking spider
A wierd looking spider filmed in nang rong Buriram Thailand If you have information on the species, please leave a comment. The spider is about 1 – 2 cm, with bright colors Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Colourful butterfly larvae
Unknown larvae filmed in Nang rong Buriram Thailand If you have information about the species, please leave a comment Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
nasty looking larvae
Unknown larvae filmed in Nang rong Buriram Thailand, If you have information about the species, please leave a comment Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Banded Krait (Bungarus fasciatus)
Thai: งูสามเหลี่ยม, งูก้านปล้อง, งูตามธาร, งูทับธาร (ngu sam laem, ngu kan plong) Family: Elapidae (Elapids) Description Bungarus fasciatus is a venomous elapid snake species found in India, Bangladesh and Southeast Asia. It is commonly called thebanded krait. B. fasciatus is easily identified by its alternate black and yellow bands, its triangular body cross-section and the marked vertebral ridge consisting of [...]
