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Iguana iguana - the Green Iguana
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Just got back from my latest trip to Thailand. I'm sorry if my posts have been a bit erratic during the past month but the internet there wasn't very good at times. It is going to take a while to sort out all my pics but I hope to start posting more regularly as of next week. It wasn't the best of years for butterflies and other insects as the north of Thailand, like many other places in S-E Asia, are in the grip of a severe drought. There has been very little rain during the winter and many rice paddies are totally dry. Rice is the main or only crop grown by many farmers in northern Thailand and so it must be very hard for them.
As far as the insects were concerned, things started out pretty badly for me but slowly improved as the temperature rose (40C+ by the time I left). I managed to bag some of my target species including a couple of rare ones and so I am reasonably happy even though I really had to work hard to get some of them. All will be revealed in the coming months.
Meanwhile I thought I would share the handsome creature above with you. It's not my usual capture 'from the wild' and of course it's not a native of Thailand but is so beautiful that I thought you might enjoy seeing it. This one is a little less than a metre in length but will eventually grow to 1.5 metres and possibly a bit more. I met it in Chiang Mai and really fell in love with it. I hope you like it too.
Iguana iguana - the Green Iguana
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Just got back from my latest trip to Thailand. I'm sorry if my posts have been a bit erratic during the past month but the internet there wasn't very good at times. It is going to take a while to sort out all my pics but I hope to start posting more regularly as of next week. It wasn't the best of years for butterflies and other insects as the north of Thailand, like many other places in S-E Asia, are in the grip of a severe drought. There has been very little rain during the winter and many rice paddies are totally dry. Rice is the main or only crop grown by many farmers in northern Thailand and so it must be very hard for them.
As far as the insects were concerned, things started out pretty badly for me but slowly improved as the temperature rose (40C+ by the time I left). I managed to bag some of my target species including a couple of rare ones and so I am reasonably happy even though I really had to work hard to get some of them. All will be revealed in the coming months.
Meanwhile I thought I would share the handsome creature above with you. It's not my usual capture 'from the wild' and of course it's not a native of Thailand but is so beautiful that I thought you might enjoy seeing it. This one is a little less than a metre in length but will eventually grow to 1.5 metres and possibly a bit more. I met it in Chiang Mai and really fell in love with it. I hope you like it too.