Photography My photography site can be found at: Phaethon Photography Macro Photography Citron or Passionvine Bug <i>Leptoglossus gonagra</i> [Bangkok, Thailand] Unknown Paper Wasp <i>Polistinae</i> [Bangkok, Thailand] Box Bug <i>Gonocerus sp.</i> Mating Pair [Bangkok, Thailand] Unknown Ladybird larvae [Bangkok, Thailand] Oleander Hawk-Moths <i>Daphnis nerii</i> Six newly eclosed moths rest on an orchid spray - not a natural gathering point - before release [Bangkok, Thailand] Lime Butterfly <i>Papilio demoleus</i> detail of head, antennae and thorax. [Bangkok, Thailand] Tokay Gecko Head <i>Gekko gecko</i> with an <i>Anopheles</i> feeding from the relatively thin skin behind the eye. [Bangkok, Thailand] Yellow Banded Ichneumon Wasp <i>Xanthopimpla sp.</i> came to visit. It lays eggs inside caterpillars for larvae to eat alive. [Bangkok, Thailand] Black and Yellow Mud Dauber <i>Sceliphron caementarium</i> [Bangkok, Thailand] Weaver Ants <i>Oecophylla smaragdina</i> capture a stingless bee on an agati flower. The ant jealously guard \'their\' trees which are home to the leaf hoppers they \'farm\' for their exudates. [Bangkok, Thailand] Weaver Ants Raid a Paper Wasp Nest <i>Ropalidia fasciata & Oecophylla smaragdina</i> A Paper Wasp (L - Ropalidia fasciata) returns to find her nest has been raided by Weaver Ants. On the right the ants are hauling a wasp larva off to their own nest. [Bangkok, Thailand] Ground Skimmer Dragonfly <i>Diplacodes trivialis</i> [Bangkok, Thailand] Lime Butterfly <i>Papilio demoleus</i> [Bangkok, Thailand] Unidentified caterpillar <i>Unknown sp.</i> from agati tree, probably limked to cocoons in DSC_1110. [Bangkok, Thailand] Red Mites on the foot of a Spiny-Tailed Gecko [Bangkok, Thailand] Yellow Fever Mosquito <i>Aedes aegypti</i> seen resting on a bathroom mirror. [Bangkok, Thailand] Ensiign Wasp <i>Evania appendigaster</i> male. The females lay thier egs inside cocroach egg sacs. [Bangkok, Thailand] Pantropical Jumping Spider <i>Plexippus paykulli</i> female & male, isolated. [Bangkok, Thailand] German Wasp <i>Vespula germanicus</i> in Brompton Cemetary [London, UK] Elephant Mosquito Pupa <i>Toxorhynchites sp.</i> [Bangkok, Thailand] Elephant Mosquito Larva Eating Dengue Fever Mosquito Larva <i>Toxorhynchites sp. & Aedes aegypti</i> [Bangkok, Thailand] <i>Aedes</i> mosquito larva. [Bangkok, Thailand] Guppy <i>Poecilia reticulata</i> One-day-old fry. [Bangkok, Thailand] Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle <i>Oryctes rhinoceros</i> [Bangkok, Thailand] Pantropical Jumping Spider <i>Plexippus paykulli</i> female, isolated. [Bangkok, Thailand] Tokay Gecko <i>Gekko gecko</i> ,juvenile, detail of eye. [Bangkok, Thailand] Stingless Bee <i>Tetragonula sp.</i> returning to the nest (detail). [Bangkok, Thailand] Potter or Mason Wasp <i>Delta pyriforme</i> tries to build a nest in a pair of shorts hanging near a balcony door. [Bangkok, Thailand] [Bangkok, Thailand] Lappet Moth <i>Trabala vishnou</i> wing spot detail. [Bangkok, Thailand] Tokay Gecko <i>Gekko gecko</i> Juvenile Tokay inspcts a young Field Cricket. [Bangkok, Thailand] Woodlouse within a crack in a painted wall. [Bangkok, Thailand] Larger Life Eastern Grey Squirrel, Brompton Cemetary <i>Sciurus carolinensis</i> male. [London, UK] Red-Eared Slider Turtle <i>Trachemys scripta elegans</i> in an ornamental pool. [Bangkok, Thailand] Asian Kohl <i>Eudynamys scolopaceus</i> is a member of the cuckoo family. Here a much larger chick demands food from surrogate parent, a black-collared starling (<i>Gracupica nigricollis</i>) [Bangkok, Thailand] Tokay Geckoes <i>Gekko gecko</i> En Famile - An entire family of Tokay venture out for the evening hunt. [Bangkok, Thailand] Common myna <i>Acridotheres tristis</i> [Bangkok, Thailand] Common Tree Frog <i>Polypedates leucomystax</i> [Bangkok, Thailand] Spotted Doves <i>Spilopelia chinensis</i> [Bangkok, Thailand] Barn Swallow <i>Hirundo rustica</i> hunting on the wing amongst banana trees. [Bangkok, Thailand] Green Whip Snake <i>Ahaetulla nasuta</i> Skin casting head detail. [Bangkok, Thailand] Spotted Dove <i>Spilopelia chinensis</i> [Bangkok, Thailand] Giant African Snail <i>Achatina fulica</i> on a mirror. [Bangkok, Thailand] Green Whip Snake <i>Ahaetulla nasuta</i> Portrait. [Bangkok, Thailand] White-Lipped Pit Viper <i>Trimeresurus albolabris</i> head, close-up. [Bangkok, Thailand] Tokay Geckoes <i>Gekko gecko</i> Female tokay protects her young. [Bangkok, Thailand] Pond Heron <i>Ardeola sp.</i> either Chinese (A. bacchus</i>) or Java (A. speciosa</i>) pond heron in winter plumage, waiting to pay a visit to the neighbour\'s fish pond. [Bangkok, Thailand] Common Tree Frog <i>Polypedates leucomystax</i> waits patiently for your answer. [Bangkok, Thailand] White-Lipped Pit Viper <i>Trimeresurus albolabris</i> gaping, showing sheathed fangs. [Bangkok, Thailand] Young Snowy Owl <i>Bubo scandiacus</i> Shopping centre display. [Bangkok, Thailand] Tokay Gecko <i>Gekko gecko</i> on apartment wall in head-down hunting posture, profile, rotated 90 degrees [Bangkok, Thailand] Behind the Scenes Wasp Nest in Hedge setup. The long wire hook clamped to the stool keeps an inconvenient branch out of the way. Also First Aid on-hand when dealing with wasps. [Bangkok, Thailand] Keeping Caterpillars Happy while you photograph them just takes a sprig of food and some spring clamps. [Bangkok, Thailand] Stingless Bees set-up to photograh their nest in a low wall. [Bangkok, Thailand] Moth Maternity: Final snacks for late stage larvae and soil/leaf litter to burrow into and pupate. [Bangkok, Thailand] Buteryfly Maternity [Bangkok, Thailand] Cricket Condo with three levels of vivarium for different stages of Field Cricket Development. [Bangkok, Thailand] <i>Ropalidia</i>Wasp Nest setup. [Bangkok, Thailand] Scale Insects being farmed by Ants setup. [Bangkok, Thailand] Eclosion Enclosure. to photogrpah and film chrysalides during eclosion. [Bangkok, Thailand] Snake Skin Casting setup. [Bangkok, Thailand] Lime Butterfly Eclosion preparation by reattaching the chrysalis to a medical tongue depressor. [Bangkok, Thailand] Lime Butterfly Eclosion setup. [Bangkok, Thailand] Stingless Bees set-up to photograh their nest in a low wall. Can\'t get the tripod close enough? Nothing a hat and bungee can\'t fix! [Bangkok, Thailand] Ants on a Dead Cricket: Sometimes, when you see something going down, you just have to use whatever is to hand. [Bangkok, Thailand] Oriental Garden Lizard <i>Calotes versicolor</i> undergoes some cosmetic cleaning (removal of remants of recently shed skin) before a photoshoot. [Bangkok, Thailand] Tawny Coster <i>Acraea terpsicore</i> shortly after eclosion, needed some help removing a portion of the chrysalis. [Bangkok, Thailand] Photobench with Vivarium used to photograph insects and small reptiles. [Bangkok, Thailand] Field Cricket Breeding Box 60L plastic box with metal mosquito screen in the cut-out lid for ventilation. Paper egg trays and cardboard roll centres for the crickets to rest, damp paper for drinking (withoput drowning) and a pot of soil to lay eggs. [Bangkok, Thailand] Small Holding box for Crickets etc. [, ] Spiny-Tailed Gecko <i>Hemidactylus frenatus</i> Photographic setup. [Bangkok, Thailand] Birthing Pool for Guppies: A stream of oxygenated water enters at one end & passes out through a grill at the opposite end. This keeps adult fish away from the fry while keeping the fry safe inside until they are big enough to be released into the main tank. [Bangkok, Thailand] Birthing Pool for Guppies: A separate perspex box allows gravid females to give birth to live fry without being harassed or the fry eaten by other fish. The net allows the fry to remain safe in bottom of the box out of harm\'s way. [Bangkok, Thailand] LED Lighting Rig and Black Back-Cloth Low voltage LED spotlights provide cool lighting for delicate subjects. [Bangkok, Thailand] LED Lighting Rig and Black Back-Cloth Low voltage LED spotlights provide cool lighting for delicate subjects. [Bangkok, Thailand] Ice Cream Lids with Mantis Stackable ice cream tub lids make useful varaible height stages for raising subject to a convenient height. [Bangkok, Thailand] Photobench with Vivarium used to photograph insects and small reptiles. [Bangkok, Thailand] Thailand OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Special Offer <i>Baby in a basket</i> at a Tesco-Lotus supermarket. [Bangkok, Thailand] Drone hovers over a political protest site. [Bangkok, Thailand] Protester Reflected in the sunglasses of a police officer at the Erawan Shrine protest against the 2014 Coup. [Bangkok, Thailand] Neon Sign <i>Gulliver\'s Tavern</i> [Bangkok, Thailand] Man riding motorcycle with lap dog. [Bangkok, Thailand] Conflict in Thailand Masked Security at an anti-government march, 30 January, 2014. [Bangkok, Thailand] Caption2 Suthep Thaugsuban surrounded by cronies and bodyguards at anti-government protest outside police headquarters 26 February, 2014. [Bangkok, Thailand] Banner Supporting Suthep Thaugsuban outside Gaysorn Plaza. [Bangkok, Thailand] The Moment protesters learned that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawtra had been removed from office by the Constitutional Court. 7 May, 2014 14:32. [Bangkok, Thailand] Taking a Moment at Victory Monument during the Redshirt demonstrations. 13 April, 2009. [Bangkok, Thailand] Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick (and a rifle). Troops rest at Victory Monument having dislodged redshirt demonstrators. 13 April, 2009. [Bangkok, Thailand] Troops in the Mist move forward towards Redshirt positions through the smoke of tyre fires.13 April, 2009. [Bangkok, Thailand] OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Somsak Jeamteerasakul addresses an redshirt demonstration outside police headquarters. [Bangkok, Thailand] Anti-Government Protester uses a catapult to harass police across a canal outside Government House, 1 December, 2013 [Bangkok, Thailand] 1984 and a Sandwich Ritual reading of Orwell\'s 1984 while eating a sandwich outside Siam Paragon. Both activities designed to raise the hackles of the Thai Junta after the 2014 Coup. [Bangkok, Thailand] Protester Reflected in the sunglasses of a police officer at the Erawan Shrine protest against the 2014 Coup. [Bangkok, Thailand] Army Jeep on parked at Ratchadmri Junction the day after the overnight 2014 coup. [Bangkok, Thailand] Tourist Watches Anti-Government Protests Asoke Junction, January, 2014. [Bangkok, Thailand]
