Speech planting space, ecological landscaping, plant science, exploration of Khao Sok National Park in Thailand

At home, at the computer, when there is no mountain forest to hang out in the dark, I will recall these pleasant experiences in the wild, especially the process of exploring the jungle with my friends, as if I am back in the rainforest that haunts our dreams. In the rainforest, there are adventures every day, new discoveries every day, creatures that have never been seen before have more or less refreshed our understanding of nature, which is the "book" that fascinates me particularly - the book of nature measured with sweat with my feet.

At the end of December 2017, a group of five of us came to Khao sok National Park in southern Thailand. For me it was the third time, and for the other members it was the first time they had been here.

Using public transport in Thailand is an experience

Bangkok South Bus Station

Surat Thani changed to a double-car overnight ride and arrived at the hotel on the outskirts of the reserve at 4:30 a.m.

Blooming autumn dendrobium | We couldn't afford to travel and started our search around the hotel.

Breakfast was basically the same every day, I was sometimes interested in food but loved local eggs. The team members once said: The small fish feel that eating is a waste of time. In addition to eating and sleeping, basically spent in the wild.

A wave of ads was planted – Junglelow's man was from Germany, and everyone called him Sebastian, who loved nature and occasionally accompanied me to the rainforest night view.

There are three large white dogs in the hotel.

The tree house where we live and the surroundings

Near the hotel, you can see small stone dragons popping out of the roots of trees.

The river outside the reserve flows from the mountains and is very turbulent during the rainy season, while the water is shallow and clear during the dry season. The river is named: Khao sok, hence the name of the reserve.

Sometimes we have to wade across the river to explore the other side.

Take a look at the terrain

The wetlands along the river are covered with pepper grass (a large class of aquatic weeds) that are landed during the dry season.

The periphery of the reserve is home to numerous karst landscapes. Trying out some cave exploration is a good option, but be sure to be guided by a local guide to ensure safety.

A set of working photos by Rhone

During the day we explore some of our surroundings and explore new jungle routes, and at night it's time to really spot species.

Rainforest plants Photo by Rhone

A type of sheepshoe nail

Green Cloud Grass

Various fungi

Insect species are abundant in the rainforest, but not many.

A pair of colored cetaceans

Like wax cicadas

Leaf locust Systella sp.

Giant leaf borer

A species of spear-like ant

Like a small nymph of a weaving ant

Crickets, a type of predatory ant.

Another type of cricket

Huge size of arboreal crickets, unknown species

Male adult spider crickets

Giant flattened nymph

Female adults with giant flattens are the heaviest stick insects

Other stick insects

Mantises are a particularly collected taxon

Strange mantis

Tibia leaf mantis

Rhombus-backed mantis

Lee axe mantis

Triangular-dorsal leaf mantis

Hooked dead leaf mantis

Cockroaches

Yellow fox ants that use leaves as nests

Arthropods are not insects

The most common continent

Jumping spiders

Bow-backed spiny-bellied spider

Some cancer spiders (commonly known as: hunters)

A pipe network spider with a strange nest shaped like a moth

A small spider that uses dead leaves as a "shelter from the rain"

Other spiders

Master King The first electric blue in the wild (bird catcher spider)

Master King excavates the site

The avatar "mole" is all for electric blue, and the metallic blue-purple is indeed charming.

A kind of ground tiger (bird-catching spider)

Whip spiders

Shield wolf scorpion, female scorpion carrying juvenile scorpion.

Amphibian Photo by nuts

A species of brook toad Ingerophrynus parvus

Phrynoidis aspera

Flower narrow-mouthed frog Kaloula pulchra

Kaloula baleata

Hydrophylax eschatia

Pan tree frog

Nyctixalus pictus

When I saw this tree frog, I really felt that other frogs didn't want to keep it. When I found out, it was Christmas Eve, and the color matching was very good.

Crawl classes

Tree Snake The snake I saw the most on this trip was five or six in one night.

The most common brown-backed tree lizard Calotes emma

Acanthosaura phuketensis

Flying Lizard Draco sp.

Stone dragon eutropis multifasciatus

Green-eyed clam Gekko smithi

Flying webbed shogunate Ptychozoon lionotum

Cnemaspis sp.

Cyrtodactylus oldhami

The battle situation is here first, and enjoying the scenery is also one of the pleasures in the wild. We passed a coffee shop, Surat Thani to Phuket on the side of the road, 99 coffee shop do not know if the road milestone is exactly 99 km. Photo by Rhone

Sunset at 99 Coffee Shop

Brilliant starry sky

The little brother behind me is the shopkeeper, half Dutch and half Thai, the land is his own, so he doesn't mind opening a coffee shop in a place where there is no shop in front of the village. Everyone is welcome to have the opportunity to go to the show.

I was thinking – how do I collect it at night?

Photo by master king

Team member work photo Left Rhone Right Nut

Mushrooms grow from termite nests and resemble chicken fir from Yunnan, and the taste should be very delicious.

Little Fish would like to thank friends Rhone, Nut Nut, Master King, and Bili for their help, so that our jungle exploration can be a complete success. For this reason, everyone has also paid all kinds of hardships, and it is common to walk twenty or thirty kilometers a day, including fighting locusts in the rainforest.

The rainforest has such magic, and after feeling its wonders, we are either in the rainforest or planning to return to the rainforest.

Bili's back

Thanks to the support provided by the new pet, the video about this exploration will be broadcast in future episodes, so stay tuned