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Stebbins, R.
1963
Asian Trip
154
Bangkok
Feb. 1 Arrived at Chulalongkorn Univ. at 8:30 a.m.
Wandered along canal at front of biology building
while waiting for Dr. Kloon, who will take me
to the Pasteur Institute. Noted following:
Kingfisher - pale blue, pink, and black markings.
Myna - as in India. Saw at least 3 other
bird species, unidentified. Saw damselflies,
water striders, ants, water boatmen (a back
swimmers?), butterflies, spiders that run
over the surface of the water, snail shells, a
bagworm-like cocoon. These were quite
common and coming from the bark of trees
and branches of bushes. I open two - one
contained some 25 eggs (?); the other a fully
developed wasp with long ovipositor. Dr. Kloon
said the wasp parasitizes the lepidoptera
larva that makes the cocoon. The cocoon is
covered with bits of plant material and is
light brown. Drawing is actual size.
[illegible]
I saw a well-camouflaged
gcko, like those around the
hotel in the rough bark of a tree.
Tinea It had evidently been sunning
and on my approach [illegible] dodged under
a piece of bark. I found an ant carrying
a newly transformed damselfly up the
trunk of a tree within 8 ft. of the canal. Dr.
Kloon says the ant has a very sting.