Digby, the biggest bug in the world ...

This has to be one of the largest bugs in the world. It was simply massive. I can't give an exact size, as it was high up at a 7/11 near Phu Rua town, Loei at about 4 a.m. I think it is a female Giant False-Leaf Katydid, but I am not sure. Hopefully, an expert can confirm this.

Order: Orthoptera

Family: Tettigoniidae

Vernacular name: Giant false leaf katydid

Scientific name: Pseudophyllus titan (possibly)

Your eyes are bigger than your belly ...

In most cases, that saying is untrue. As it is in this case too! Though this minute mayfly looks like it has got enormous eyes, they are in fact, not eyes. If you look closely, you can see its eyes underneath. I actually have no idea what they are. Maybe some kind of weird antennae for sensing the opposite sex or simply something to attract a mate ... the bigger and brighter the better. Just a guess.

Order: Emeroptera

Family: Unknown

Vernacular name: Unknown

Scientific name: Unknown

Pray for May ...

This is the biggest mayfly I have ever seen and was oddly sitting in a pray-like position. It was hiding away amongst the reeds at marshland  just outside Nam Nao town, Loei. I'm not sure how big they grow, but I don't think they get much bigger than this.

Order: Ephemeroptera

Family: Unknown

Vernacular name: Unknown

Scientific name: Unknown

From May(fly) to September ...

When I went dragonfly hunting at Phu Rua NP last September, I came across a rather large mayfly. I have seen a number of mayflies before, but never one that was red. I think it looks great. I have no idea what species it is, other than it's a mayfly! Any help with ID?

Order: Ephemeroptera

Family: Unknown

Vernacular name: Unknown

Scientific name: Unknown

The bug that looks more like an ant-eater ...

When I last visited Khao Yai NP, I was enjoying a drink with my girlfriend, Beau. Suddenly, this little fellow appeared from nowhere. He has an amazingly long snout and he looks great with his brightly coloured wing casing. 

Order: Coleoptera

Family: Unknown

Vernacular name: Unknown

Scientific name: Unknown

A mini millipede at first light ...

... this little millipede I saw along the pathway last December, as I walked towards Sat Anodat on Phu Kradueng NP, Loei. It is the only one of this nature I have ever seen and its orange/red colour were extremely vivid. 

Order: Dipopoda

Family: Unknown

Vernacular name: Unknown

Scientific name: Unknown

Pink, to make the boys (actually girls) wink ...

Here is an amazing little species of millipede that is black with shimmering pink marks. I have spotted this species now in two places: once at a small river near Nam Nao town, Petchabun; and the second at a stream near Phu Rua National Park, Loei. Both times they were under heavy tree cover (but liked the exposed bits) and moved quickly around in soft sandy areas of the bank. At Phu Rua, they were extremely abundant, but difficult to photograph because of the lighting and the speed in which they moved.

Order: Diplopoda

Family: Unknown

Vernacular name: Unknown

Scientific name: Unknown

Here are the ones I saw at Phu Rua ...

... and Nam Nao town ...