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31/3/2014

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Blue Crested Tree Lizzard @ Deejai

 
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The Blue Crested Tree Lizard also known as the Indo-Chinese Forest Lizard, Indochinese Agama and White-lipped Calotes was first described by DUMÉRIL & BIBRON in 1837 who gave it the scientific name  Calotes mystaceus.

The lizard is able to change colour, albeit slower than a chameleon, from a drab brown to a vibrant cobalt blue. A few of these have been hanging around the garden at Deejai Backpackers and at the new Deejai Garden on Ratchamanka Road in Chiang Mai's old city.
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White-lipped Calotes.jpg
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Indochinese Agama in Deejai Backpackers garden.jpg
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Indo-Chinese Forest Lizard at Deejai Backpackers in Chiang Mai.jpg
Indo-Chinese Forest Lizard behind a Spirit House in Chiang Mai.jpg
Blue Crested Tree Lizzard on a tree in Thailand.jpg
Indochinese Agama on a tree in Thailand.jpg
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19/3/2014

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Deathmatch - Ants versus Centipede

 
In the heart in Chiang Mai a fight to the death unveiled itself for the world to see. In the black corner was an army of small black ants only a couple of millimetres long, their opponents were a couple of small centipedes, who were not team players. At 11am I first saw the ants hauling the first centipede towards their nest, a battle that raged for around 30 minutes until finally the victim still alive was hauled underground.

Story continues below.
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Victim number two started by making a many legged run for it, but haplessly returned the way he came, into the heart of his foe. This centipede, soon outnumbered was hauled towards it's death. Time after time the centipede would curl into a defensive ball, then try to make a bit for freedom, however after a three and a half hour struggle was also dragged to it's death.
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16/3/2014

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Half an hour in the Khunchae National Park

 
Riding back from Mae Sai to Chiang Mai I stopped for just a short break in the Khunchae National Park, Chiang Rai province.

Just at the side of the road was a small stream where a few butterflies of the Lycaenidae family, also known as Blues and Judies were puddling. In fact in a 30 minute period I was able to photograph 5 new species our site and make fairly solid identification on 4 of them.

The most numerous of the butterflies here were Pale Hedge Blue's , Udara dilecta dilecta (Moore, 1879). This was the first time I got to photograph this species of butterfly.
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Udara dilecta dilecta
Three Pale Hedge Blue butterflies.jpg
Udara dilecta dilecta
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Udara dilecta dilecta
Pale Hedge butterfly inflight.jpg
Udara dilecta dilecta

Another first sighting fro me were a few Zebra Blues (Leptotes plinius).
Leptotes plinius photographed at Khunchae National Park.jpg
Leptotes plinius
A pair of Zebra Blue butterflies.jpg
Leptotes plinius

Only a few Lesser Grass Blue's (Zizani otis lampa) were prescent.
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Zizina otis lampa
Also making an appearance was a Forget-me-not (Catochrysops strabo strabo).
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Catochrysops strabo strabo

Finally this unidentified Lycaenidae butterfly
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